IN SWEET TURNED DEADLY: THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD

On a sultry January morning in 1919, the unthinkable occurred in Boston's North End. A massive container overflowing with more info sticky molasses ruptured suddenly, unleashing a wall of thick, brown syrup that consumed the streets below. Hundreds of people were caught in the catastrophic flood, crushed by the unexpected impact of the molasses. Th