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THE AFTERMATH

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Mourners line the streets during the funeral procession for the Triangle fire victims (see fig. 1)

There have been no carriages, no imposing marshals on horseback; just thousands and thousands of working men and women carrying the banners of their trades through the long three-mile tramp in the rain. 

Martha Bensley Bruere, written as she watched the funeral procession pass her house 

A funeral procession was organized to honor the victims of the fire. Over 120,000 people marched in solemn formation as the rain poured down around them. Another 300,000 people lined the streets of Manhattan to watch. In total, the procession took four hours. 

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Bodies of the victims were taken to Charities Pier, also known as Misery Lane, so that friends and family could identify them. They would be buried in 16 different cemeteries across the city. Six victims remain unidentified, buried without names, until amateur genealogist Michael Hirsch spent four years researching. In 2011, he was able to identify all six of the unidentified victims.

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Mourners attempting to identify the victims (see fig. 2)

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A political cartoon asking who will be held responsible for the fire (see fig. 3)

Blanck and Harris survived the fire. They were indicted on charges of manslaughter. Their trial began on December 4, 1911. On December 27, the jury found them not guilty. Later in 1913, they were found liable of wrongful death and had to pay $75 per deceased victim to their families. In 1911, the insurance company had given them $60,000—roughly $400 per victim.

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