WHEN SWEET TURNED DEADLY: THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD

On a sultry January morning in 1919, the unthinkable happened in Boston's North End. A massive container overflowing with sweet molasses ruptured suddenly, unleashing a wall of thick, brown syrup that engulfed the streets below. Dozens of people became victims in the catastrophic Historic Floods flood, crushed by the unexpected weight of the molass