IN 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 tank overflowing with sticky molasses ruptured suddenly, unleashing a wall of thick, brown syrup that swamped the streets below. Scores of people met their fate in the click here tragic event, buried under the unexpected force of the molasses. The scene w