WHEN SWEET BECAME SINISTER: THE GREAT MOLASSES FLOOD OF BOSTON, 1919

On a frigid January day in check here 1919, the city of Boston experienced an event which would forever be etched into its history. A massive tank holding thousands of tons of molasses ruptured, unleashing a surging flood of sticky goo through the streets below. The once-familiar scent of sweets quickly transformed into a disgusting odor as structu