Great Boston Molasses Disaster

What makes the Great Molasses Flood one of history’s strangest disasters? A tank explosion sent a tsunami of sticky syrup through Boston, causing destruction and chaos. But was it preventable? Police ...

WCVB Channel 5 Boston: 107 years ago: The Great Molasses Flood, Boston's strangest disaster

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On this day more than a century ago, Boston's most peculiar disaster killed 21 people and injured 150 others. The Great Molasses Flood struck in the city's North End without warning at midday on Jan.

Twenty-one dead, 150 injured and one neighborhood devastated, all because of delicious molasses. The Great Molasses Flood, also known as the Boston Molasses Disaster, took place almost 100 years ago, ...

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Yahoo: How Molasses Caused One Of History's Strangest Disasters In A Boston Neighborhood

How Molasses Caused One Of History's Strangest Disasters In A Boston Neighborhood

AOL: 106 Years Ago Today, the Great Molasses Flood Sent Sticky Waves of Syrup Crashing Through Boston

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You might be familiar with the Boston Tea Party, but for many Bostonians, there’s another food-centric event that comes to mind as they reflect on local history: the Great Molasses Flood. When a surge ...

106 Years Ago Today, the Great Molasses Flood Sent Sticky Waves of Syrup Crashing Through Boston

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Steve Puleo is the author of Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919. On , 2.3 million gallons of molasses collapsed, flooding Boston's North End with the sticky substance.

Tasting Table on MSN: How molasses caused one of history's strangest disasters in a Boston neighborhood

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The Boston Globe: 107 years later, Boston’s Great Molasses Flood still fascinates. Stephen Puleo thinks he knows why.