The Strange Tale of the Great Molasses Flood!

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The Great Molasses Flood In 1919, a massive wave tore through the streets of Boston. But it wasn’t water. It was molasses. On January 15th, a huge storage tank containing more than 2 million gallons of molasses suddenly burst. And within seconds… a massive wave rushed through the neighborhood. It moved at around 35 miles per hour. Fast enough to catch people before they could escape. Buildings were smashed. Vehicles were thrown aside. And people and horses were trapped in the thick, sticky liquid. But then things got even worse. As the molasses spread and cooled… it became thicker. People who had been knocked down struggled to free themselves. And rescuers had to fight through the same sticky mess just to reach them. By the time it was over, 21 people were dead and around 150 were injured. The streets of Boston were covered in molasses. And the cleanup took weeks. It sounds like something from a cartoon. But the Great Molasses Flood was very real… and it became one of the strangest disasters in American history.