ON SWEET TURNED DEADLY: THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD

On a sultry January afternoon in 1919, the unthinkable took place in Boston's North End. A massive reservoir overflowing with sweet molasses ruptured suddenly, unleashing a tidal wave thick, brown goo that swamped the streets below. Scores of people met their fate in the unforeseen disaster, swept away the unexpected force of the molasses. The sigh