THE BOSTON MOLASSES DISASTER OF 1919

The Boston Molasses Disaster of 1919

On a blustery afternoon in that fateful year, disaster unfolded Boston. A massive holding filled with sticky, sweet molasses ruptured sending a wall of of the thick liquid rushing through the streets. The force was catastrophic, flattening buildings and entombing citizens in a treacly mire. Hundreds of people were fatally injured, and many more s

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