On this day more than a century ago, Boston's most peculiar disaster killed 21 people and injured 150 others. The Great ...

Decades-old shipwrecks, industrial accidents, and other disasters still sell books and command eyeballs. The author of the ...

Boston.The event is known now as the Great Molasses Flood. 2.5 million gallons of molasses spread from the heart of the city, ...

Steve Puleo is the author of Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 . On January 15, 1919, 2.3 million gallons of molasses collapsed, flooding Boston's North End with the sticky substance.

You might be familiar with the Boston Tea Party, but for many Bostonians, there’s another food-centric event that comes to mind as they reflect on local history: the Great Molasses Flood. When a surge ...

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 ...

BOSTON (AP) — The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 — one of Boston’s most peculiar disasters — killed 21 people, injured 150 others and flattened buildings when a giant storage tank ruptured. Now Harvard ...

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.

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Stephen Puleo talked about his book, "Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919," and provided introductory information about the ...

As the locals say, you can still smell the scent of molasses on a hot summer day. Merlyn is an editor of news and trending content for Food & Wine's news vertical. Her writing focuses on the ...