When Sweet Turned Deadly: The Great Boston Molasses Flood
On a sultry January morning in 1919, the unthinkable happened in Boston's North End. A massive tank overflowing with sweet molasses ruptured without warning, unleashing a cascade of thick, brown syrup that engulfed the streets below. Scores of people were caught in the unforeseen disaster, buried under the unexpected weight of the molasses. The sce