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.
In what year did the General Slocum disaster occur? How many people died on the General Slocum? In what building did the city's deadliest industrial disaster occur? How many people died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire? The growth of what organization was prompted by the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire? A catastrophe in 1911 that killed 146 workers was called what?