When Sweet Turned Deadly: The Great Boston Molasses Flood
On a sultry January day in 1919, the unthinkable took place in Boston's North End. A massive tank overflowing with sticky molasses ruptured suddenly, unleashing a wall of thick, brown liquid that swamped the streets below. Dozens of people were caught in the catastrophic flood, buried under the unexpected force of the molasses. The sight was devast