ON SWEET TURNED DEADLY: THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD

On a sultry January afternoon in 1919, the unthinkable took place in Boston's North End. A massive reservoir overflowing with sticky molasses ruptured with a roar, unleashing a tidal wave thick, brown syrup that consumed the streets below. Scores of people were caught in the unforeseen disaster, crushed by the unexpected weight of the molasses. The