The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 in Boston resulted in a lawsuit that used expert witnesses for the first time and was the catalyst for new... A Deadly Tsunami Of Molasses In Boston's North End On Jan ...

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 ...

It's a story of mythic proportions, the idea of it so seemingly far-fetched that one could be forgiven for thinking it emerged from fiction, not history. Last weekend marked 104 years since a massive ...

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 ...

Imagine going about your day, minding your own business, when suddenly, a huge wave of almost black, sludgy liquid comes hurtling towards you. This nightmare sequence became many Bostonites' reality ...

It was promising to be an uncharacteristically warm winter day in Boston. The temperature on Jan. 15, 1919, had soared to 40 degrees from 2 degrees earlier in the week, prompting many downtown workers ...

A New Jersey man has created a card game based on Boston’s Great Molasses Flood of 1919 designed to commemorate the disaster, but some local historians say it trivializes a tragic event that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Courtesy of Dark Tide / Boston Fire Department archives You might be familiar with the Boston Tea Party, but for many Bostonians, ...