ON SWEET TURNED DEADLY: THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD

On Sweet Turned Deadly: The Great Boston Molasses Flood

On a sultry January morning in 1919, the unthinkable took place in Boston's North End. A massive reservoir overflowing with sticky molasses ruptured suddenly, unleashing a tidal wave thick, brown liquid that consumed the streets below. Hundreds of people met their fate in the catastrophic flood, buried under the unexpected weight of the molasses. T

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