When Sweet Turned Deadly: The Great Boston Molasses Flood
On a sultry January day in 1919, the unthinkable occurred in Boston's North End. A massive tank overflowing with sticky molasses ruptured without warning, unleashing a tidal wave thick, brown liquid that swamped the streets below. Dozens of people met their fate in the unforeseen disaster, buried under the unexpected force of the molasses. The scen