ON SWEET TURNED DEADLY: THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD

On a sultry January day in 1919, the unthinkable took place in Boston's North End. A massive tank overflowing with delicious molasses ruptured suddenly, unleashing a wall of thick, brown syrup that consumed the streets below. Hundreds of people met their fate in the unforeseen disaster, swept away the unexpected force of the molasses. The scene Ame