When Sweet Turned Deadly: The Great Boston Molasses Flood

On a sultry January day in 1919, the unthinkable occurred in Boston's North End. A massive container overflowing with sweet molasses ruptured without warning, unleashing a tidal wave thick, brown liquid that swamped the streets below. Scores of people met their fate in the unforeseen disaster, buried under the unexpected force of the molasses. The

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