When Sweet Turned Deadly: The Great Boston Molasses Flood
On a sultry January morning in 1919, the unthinkable took place in Boston's North End. A massive container overflowing with sweet molasses ruptured without warning, unleashing a tidal wave thick, brown goo that engulfed the streets below. Scores of people met their fate in the unforeseen disaster, buried under the unexpected impact of the molasses.