On the afternoon of January 15, 1919, people in Boston's North End were going about an ordinary winter lunch hour. Then a huge steel tank on Commercial Street burst open. Within seconds, a wave of ...

When you think of historical disasters that reshaped American cities, visions of raging fires or violent earthquakes usually come to mind. There is one bizarre tragedy from New England's history that ...

“Send all available rescue vehicles and personnel immediately,” Boston Police Patrolman Frank McManus managed to relay to dispatch through the call box located on the North End near the harbor. A ...

In 1919, a steel tank in Boston's North End burst, sending 2.3 million gallons of molasses into the streets. Twenty-one died, and the company paid $628,000.

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. In Boston on January 15, 1919, a tank ...

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The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 in Boston resulted in a lawsuit that used expert witnesses for the first time and was the catalyst for new... A Deadly Tsunami Of Molasses In Boston's North End On Jan ...

This Day In Weather History is a daily podcast by Chris Mei from The Weather Network, featuring stories about people, communities and events and how weather impacted them. The Great Molasses Flood was ...

It's a story of mythic proportions, the idea of it so seemingly far-fetched that one could be forgiven for thinking it emerged from fiction, not history. Last weekend marked 104 years since a massive ...

A New Jersey man has created a card game based on Boston’s Great Molasses Flood of 1919 designed to commemorate the disaster, but some local historians say it trivializes a tragic event that ...

ANNIVERSARY IN BOSTON. NONE OF US ACTUALLY LIVED THROUGH THE ORIGINAL EVENT, BUT MANY BOSTONIANS STILL KNOW THE HISTORY. ON THIS DAY IN 1919, A MOLASSES FLOOD DEVASTATED PARTS OF THE CITY’S NORTH END.

"Hearst Magazines and AOL may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." On the afternoon on January 15, 1919, a dark wave suddenly swept into the North End of Boston. But this was ...