BOSTON'S TRAGIC MOLASSES INCIDENT OF '19

Boston's Tragic Molasses Incident of '19

On a blustery afternoon in 1919, disaster unfolded Boston. A massive holding filled with sticky, sweet molasses ruptured sending a wall of of the thick liquid flowing through the streets. The power was catastrophic, smashing buildings and burying citizens in a treacly soup. Scores of people were killed, and many more sustained injuries. The city

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