THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES CATASTROPHE

The Great Boston Molasses Catastrophe

On a blustery morning in 1919, disaster befell Boston. A massive holding filled with sticky, sweet Great Molasses Flood molasses burst sending a wall of of the thick liquid rushing through the streets. The force was catastrophic, crushing buildings and burying people in a sticky mass. Scores of people were killed, and many more suffered. Authorit

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