Today marks ninety-first anniversary of the Boston Molasses Disaster. On January 15, 1919, near the North End waterfront, an enormous tank of molasses, molasses swollen and liquescent from the unseasonably warm weather, exploded. Twenty-one people were killed and one-hundred fifty injured as a wave of molasses swept over the area moving at speeds approaching thirty-five [...]
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Slower than Molasses in January
January 15th, 2010 No Comments
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