IN SWEET TURNED DEADLY: THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD

On a sultry January day in 1919, the unthinkable took place in Boston's North End. A massive container overflowing with sweet molasses ruptured without warning, unleashing a wall of thick, brown liquid that swamped the streets below. Hundreds of people were caught in the unforeseen disaster, buried under the unexpected impact of the molasses. The s