When Boston Drowned In Syrup | Great Molasses Flood

Harold Dorley, working at a Boston railway company's freight terminal, witnessed the unimaginable- the day molasses turned deadly.

The catastrophic collapse of a molasses tank on January 15, 1919 unleashed a 40-foot wave of molasses that caused widespread devastation. The flood resulted in dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries.

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Sources

• https://www.boston.com/news/history/2019/01/13/victims-great-boston-molasses-flood-1919/
• https://www.history.com/news/great-molasses-flood-science
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/01/13/oh-my-god-run-day-deadly-wave-molasses-tore-through-boston/?noredirect=on
• https://www.boston.gov/news/100-years-ago-today-molasses-crashes-through-bostons-north-end