Flashback, Boston 1919...... The Boston Molasses Disaster, also - TopicsExpress



          

Flashback, Boston 1919...... The Boston Molasses Disaster, also known as the Great Molasses Flood and the Great Boston Molasses Tragedy, occurred on January 15, 1919, in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. A large molasses storage tank burst, and a wave of molasses rushed through the streets at an estimated 35 mph (56 km/h), killing 21 and injuring 150. The event has entered local folklore, and for decades afterward, residents claimed that on hot summer days, the area still smelled of molasses.[1]
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 02:06:11 +0000

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