IN 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 reservoir overflowing with sticky molasses ruptured suddenly, unleashing a wall of thick, brown liquid that consumed the streets below. Scores of people met their fate in the unforeseen disaster, swept away the unexpected impact of the molasses. The sce