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 without warning, unleashing a cascade of thick, brown liquid that engulfed the streets below. Scores of people were caught in the unforeseen disaster, swept away the unexpected force of the molasses. Th