BOSTON'S TRAGIC MOLASSES INCIDENT OF '19

Boston's Tragic Molasses Incident of '19

On a blustery morning in 1919, disaster struck Boston. A massive holding filled with sticky, sweet molasses ruptured sending a wall of of the thick liquid crashing through the streets. The power was catastrophic, crushing buildings and trapping people in a treacly mire. Scores of people were fatally injured, and many more were wounded. Authoritie

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