IN SWEET TURNED DEADLY: THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD

On a sultry January day in 1919, the unthinkable occurred in Boston's North End. A massive tank overflowing with sweet molasses ruptured with a roar, unleashing a tidal wave thick, brown liquid that consumed the streets below. Scores of people were caught in the unforeseen disaster, buried under the unexpected force of the molasses. The scene Catas