IN SWEET TURNED DEADLY: THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD

On a sultry January morning in 1919, the unthinkable took place in Boston's North End. A massive reservoir overflowing with sticky molasses ruptured with a roar, unleashing a wall of thick, brown liquid that swamped the streets below. Scores of people were caught in the catastrophic flood, buried under the unexpected force of the molasses. The sigh