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 sticky molasses ruptured with a roar, unleashing a cascade of thick, brown goo that consumed the streets below. Hundreds of people met their fate in the unforeseen disaster, buried under the unexpected force of the molasses. The sce

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