THE BOSTON MOLASSES DISASTER OF 1919

The Boston Molasses Disaster of 1919

On a blustery January in that fateful year, disaster befell Boston. A massive holding filled with sticky, sweet molasses ruptured sending a wall of of the thick liquid crashing through the streets. The force was catastrophic, flattening buildings and entombing residents in a treacly soup. Scores of people were fatally injured, and many more were

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