Thursday, September 25, 2003
The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
Anyone who grew up or has lived in the Boston area has heard something about the "molasses flood" in Boston's North End. It sounds like an urban legend but it really happened. According to this article , a tank filled with over 2 million gallons of molasses ruptured, killing 21 people. A book about the disaster, Dark Tide : The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 has just been published.
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