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

Over 106 years ago, Boston's North End faced one of the most bizarre and tragic disasters in history. On January 15, 1919, a ...

Slow as molasses? This treacle didn't trickle. It was a sticky, deadly tsunami that flattened an entire Boston neighborhood within seconds. On Tuesday, the city marks the 100th anniversary of its most ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's an idea so bizarre as to be unbelievable, a massive flood of molasses - in January - sweeping all before it, crushing buildings, engulfing people and horses, battering railway tracks. Yet it ...