ON SWEET TURNED DEADLY: THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD

On a sultry January morning in 1919, the unthinkable took place in Boston's North End. A massive container overflowing with delicious molasses ruptured with a roar, unleashing a wall of thick, brown liquid that consumed the streets below. Hundreds of people met their fate in the catastrophic flood, swept away the unexpected impact of the molasses.