BOSTON'S TRAGIC MOLASSES INCIDENT OF '19

Boston's Tragic Molasses Incident of '19

On a blustery afternoon in that fateful year, disaster befell Boston. A massive reservoir filled with sticky, sweet molasses gave way sending a torrent of the thick liquid flowing through the streets. The force was catastrophic, smashing buildings and burying people in a treacly mass. Hundreds of people were killed, and many more were wounded. Bo

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