IN SWEET TURNED DEADLY: THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD

On a sultry January afternoon in 1919, the unthinkable took place in Boston's North End. A massive tank overflowing with sticky molasses ruptured without warning, unleashing a cascade of thick, brown syrup that engulfed the streets below. Scores of people were caught in the catastrophic flood, buried under the unexpected force of the molasses. The