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 ...

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

On Jan. 15, 1919, a tank that contained more than 2 million gallons of molasses ruptured, killing 21 people and injuring more than 100 others. It destroyed buildings, killed animals and coated ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

In Boston on January 15, 1919, a tank of molasses burst, releasing a thick, sugary tsunami that killed 21 people and injured 150. On its centennial, reporter Julia Press looks back at the accident's ...

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 ...