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

On this day more than a century ago, Boston's most peculiar disaster killed 21 people and injured 150 others. The Great ...

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

Decades-old shipwrecks, industrial accidents, and other disasters still sell books and command eyeballs. The author of the ...
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100 Years Ago in Boston: The Day Molasses Was Deadly Fast

Slow as molasses? This treacle didn't trickle. It was a sticky, deadly tsunami that flattened an entire Boston neighborhood within seconds. On Tuesday, the city marks the 100th anniversary of its most ...

This Day in History: 21 die in Boston’s Great Molasses Flood

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - 107 years ago on Jan. 15, 1919, 21 people died as hot molasses flooded the streets of Boston.
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The Great Molasses Flood of 1919

Steve Puleo is the author of Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 . On January 15, 1919, 2.3 million gallons of molasses collapsed, flooding Boston's North End with the sticky substance.
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Deadly molasses flood: A disaster like no other

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? US ...
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Dim Sum Truck; Hunger in the Classroom; The Great Molasses Flood; Cheesecake

This week on Good Food with Evan Kleiman, details on the sting operation that revealed whale meat being served at a Santa Monica restaurant. Plus Jonathan Gold, a ride along with the Dim Sum Truck and ...