IN 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 tank overflowing with sweet molasses ruptured suddenly, unleashing a wall of thick, brown syrup that consumed the streets below. Scores of people became victims in the unforeseen disaster, swept away the more info unexpected force of the molasses. The s