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The Great Boston Molasses Catastrophe
On a blustery January in that fateful year, disaster struck Boston. A massive holding filled with sticky, sweet molasses burst sending a wall of of the thick liquid crashing through the streets. The power was catastrophic, flattening buildings and trapping residents in a sticky mire. Hundreds of people were lost their lives, and many more suffere