BOSTON'S TRAGIC MOLASSES INCIDENT OF '19

Boston's Tragic Molasses Incident of '19

On a blustery afternoon in 1919, disaster befell Boston. A massive reservoir filled with sticky, sweet molasses gave way sending a tidal wave of the thick liquid flowing through the streets. The power was catastrophic, flattening buildings and trapping people in a treacly mass. Dozens of people were lost their lives, and many more sustained injur

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