In 1904, the steamship General Slocum caught fire in the East River, killing 1,021 people on board. In 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the city's worst industrial disaster, took the lives of 146 garment workers and spurred the growth of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and major improvements in factory safety standards.
How many people died on the General Slocum?
1,021
In 1904, the steamship General Slocum caught fire in the East River, killing 1,021 people on board.
In nineteen oh four, the steamship General Slocum caught fire in the East River, killing ten twenty-one people on board.
How many people died on the General Slocum?