ON SWEET TURNED DEADLY: THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD

On a sultry January afternoon in 1919, the unthinkable occurred in Boston's North End. A massive container overflowing with sweet molasses ruptured without warning, unleashing a tidal wave thick, brown liquid that engulfed the streets below. Scores of people met their fate in the catastrophic flood, swept away the unexpected impact of the molasses.