WHEN SWEET TURNED DEADLY: THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD

On a sultry January day in 1919, the unthinkable happened in Boston's North End. A massive container overflowing with delicious molasses ruptured with a roar, unleashing a tidal wave thick, brown syrup that consumed the streets below. Dozens of people were caught in the catastrophic flood, swept away the unexpected force of the molasses. The specta