WHEN 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 container overflowing with sweet molasses ruptured without warning, unleashing a wall of thick, brown goo that swamped the streets below. Scores of people met their fate in the unforeseen disaster, crushed by the unexpected force of the molasses. The spectacl