IN 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 delicious molasses ruptured with a roar, unleashing a wall of thick, brown syrup that swamped the streets below. Hundreds of people were caught in the unforeseen disaster, buried under the unexpected weight of the molasses. Th