On Sweet Turned Deadly: The Great Boston Molasses Flood

On a sultry January morning in 1919, the unthinkable took place in Boston's North End. A massive container overflowing with delicious molasses ruptured with a roar, unleashing a tidal wave thick, brown syrup that swamped the streets below. Dozens of people met their fate in the catastrophic flood, swept away the unexpected force of the molasses. Th

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