ON SWEET TURNED DEADLY: THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD

On a sultry January afternoon in 1919, the unthinkable happened in Boston's North End. A massive reservoir overflowing with sweet molasses ruptured suddenly, unleashing a wall of thick, brown goo that consumed the streets below. Dozens of people met their fate in the unforeseen disaster, swept away the unexpected force of the molasses. The sight wa