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 tank overflowing with delicious molasses ruptured without warning, unleashing a wall of thick, brown liquid that swamped the streets below. Hundreds of people became victims in the unforeseen disaster, swept away the unexpected force of the molasses. Th