Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many ...

In what would become known as the “Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919,” the explosion ... who was a member of Cheverus Court, MCOF, was survived by his wife of 35 years and a 19-year-old ...

Here’s a look at the front pages of various newspapers the day after the disaster, and beyond: “Ensnaring in its sticky flood more ... finds “that in a great tank of molasses so heated ...

The story of the bizarre and deadly deluge has been oft told over the years — Stephen Puleo’s meticulously researched 2003 book, Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919, is the ...

The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919.” The wave was 2.3 million gallons, moving at 35 miles per hour, 25 feet high and 160 feet wide at its outset, rushing through the city's crowded and ...

In November 2016, new findings about the Great Molasses Flood were presented at the American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics in Portland: "Temperatures dipped just below freezing the ...

"Oh my God!" he exclaimed as he saw the dark torrent spilling out. "Run!" The Great Molasses Flood was underway. The syrup swamped one of Boston's busiest neighbourhoods, killing 21 and injuring 150.