On 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 reservoir overflowing with delicious molasses ruptured with a roar, unleashing a tidal wave thick, brown syrup that engulfed the streets below. Hundreds of people met their fate in the unforeseen disaster, buried under the unexpected weight of the molasse