A steel tank holding 2.3 million gallons of molasses burst open and quickly collapsed, sending a deadly and inescapable tidal wave of deadly viscous slime into the streets. French far-right leader ...

BUT THERE ARE SOME PRETTY DRAMATIC IMAGES FROM THE DISASTER THAT REALLY ... The anniversary of Boston's Great Molasses Flood of 1919 offers a bizarre, if grim, annual reminder of a freak accident ...

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The in-depth story of the Great Molasses Flood It was an average day in North Boston, a sunny and cool January afternoon in 1919. As the residents went about their daily lives their world suddenly ...

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This story features four women who survived the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889. The interview took place in the 1970's and the women, who were in their 90's at the time, shared the "harrowing ...

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Her body was later found near that of another of the flood’s victims, Dominic Pearce. She was described by those who knew her as a hero and a determined, friendly and thoughtful woman who never ...