BOSTON'S TRAGIC MOLASSES INCIDENT OF '19

Boston's Tragic Molasses Incident of '19

On a blustery morning in that fateful year, disaster struck Boston. A massive reservoir filled with sticky, sweet molasses gave way sending a tidal wave of the thick liquid crashing through the streets. The power was catastrophic, flattening buildings and trapping citizens in a treacly soup. Hundreds of people were lost their lives, and many more

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