WHEN SWEET TURNED DEADLY: THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD

On a sultry Molasses Explosion January day in 1919, the unthinkable took place in Boston's North End. A massive tank overflowing with sweet molasses ruptured with a roar, unleashing a tidal wave thick, brown liquid that consumed the streets below. Hundreds of people were caught in the unforeseen disaster, buried under the unexpected impact of the m