106 Years Ago Today, the Great Molasses Flood Sent Sticky Waves of Syrup Crashing Through Boston. As the locals say, you can still smell the scent of molasses on a hot summer day.

On Jan. 15, 1919, a 2-million-gallon tank of molasses ruptured in Boston, killing 21 people. The 100th anniversary of the Great Boston Molasses Flood is this week.

Great Molasses Flood: 21 people killed by a tidal wave of syrup in Boston on this day 100 years ago. Company concerned was ordered to pay equivalent of $9.2 million to flood victims and families ...

On January 15, 1919, Boston suffered one of history’s strangest disasters when the “Great Molasses Flood” tore through the city's North End and deposited so much gooey residue that locals ...

The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 A deadly wave of molasses swept through Boston in January 1919, crushing and drowning 21 people. Barbara Mikkelson Published Dec. 30, 1998. Claim: A ...

To start understanding the Great Molasses Flood, you need to first grasp exactly how much molasses was involved. A 50-foot-tall tank, 19 feet in diameter, full of 2.3 million gallons of molasses ...

The molasses, however, had arrived from the Caribbean to top off the tank only two days before the flood, and was likely a balmy 50 to 68 degrees F (10 to 20 degrees C) when it was first delivered.

A timeline of what came before, after, and during the Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919, 100 years after the disaster hit the North End.

The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 is both tragic and fantastic. To fully understand this bizarre disaster, we need to examine what makes it unique—its very substance.

A molasses tank collapsed and caused widespread damage in Boston's North End in January 1919. The incident is commonly referred to as the Great Molasses Flood.

A bubbling flood of molasses that sent a towering wave of goo down the streets of Boston in 1919, catching everything from horses to humans in its sticky grasp, killing 21 people, injuring 150 ...