BOSTON'S TRAGIC MOLASSES INCIDENT OF '19

Boston's Tragic Molasses Incident of '19

On a blustery afternoon in that fateful year, disaster befell Boston. A massive reservoir filled with sticky, sweet molasses gave way sending a tidal wave of the thick liquid rushing through the streets. The power was catastrophic, flattening buildings and entombing residents in a treacly soup. Hundreds of people were lost their lives, and many m

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