On a crisp January day in 1918, the peaceful streets of Boston's North End were abruptly overwhelmed by an unexpected and terrible disaster. A massive storage holding hundreds of thousands of gallons of molasses, a popular sweetener at the time, suddenly exploded, sending a sticky wave of brown slud

On January 15th, 1918, a horrifying disaster struck Boston's North End. A massive tank containing over 2 million gallons of molasses collapsed. The sticky substance surged through the streets like a tidal wave, obliterating everything in its path. Dozens of people perished, and many more suffered w