WHEN SWEET TURNED DEADLY: THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD

On a sultry January afternoon in 1919, the unthinkable happened in Boston's North End. A massive tank overflowing with delicious molasses ruptured with a roar, unleashing a wall of thick, brown syrup that swamped the streets below. Scores of people met their fate in the catastrophic flood, buried under the unexpected force of the molasses. The sigh