This is a 2011 centennial edition of the book originally published in 1962.

On March 25, 1911, 146 employees of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York City were killed in the span of a few minutes because no provision had been made for their safety in the event of fire.

This Cornell University Press edition of Leon Stein’s 1962 account features 16 illustrations, some never before published.

A new introduction by the journalist William Greider makes clear that accounts of dangerous workplaces and sweatshop conditions are still all-too-relevant today, ninety years after the fire.

The story of the catastrophe and the doomed Triangle Shirtwaist workers, as told by one of the great labor journalists, will not soon be forgotten.

This edition lists the names of all victims, including the seven victims previously identified by a number.