WHEN SWEET TURNED DEADLY: THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD

When Sweet Turned Deadly: The Great Boston Molasses Flood

On a sultry January afternoon in 1919, the unthinkable happened in Boston's North End. A massive tank overflowing with delicious molasses ruptured suddenly, unleashing a wall of thick, brown syrup that swamped the streets below. Scores of people became victims in the catastrophic flood, buried under the unexpected impact of the molasses. The specta

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