Centennial Anniversary of a Disaster

[Elessar]

On 15 January 1919, a 50ft storage tank of molasses burst in Boston's North End,
releasing 2.3 million gallons of the sticky fluid that inundated that part of the city:

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/13/68489...-flood-of-1919

https://northendwaterfront.com/2019/...flood-of-1919/

That had to be "one mell of a hess' as my Grandmother used to say.

[LongTermGuy]

On 15 January 1919, a 50ft storage tank of molasses burst in Boston's North End,
releasing 2.3 million gallons of the sticky fluid that inundated that part of the city:

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/13/68489...-flood-of-1919

https://northendwaterfront.com/2019/...flood-of-1919/

That had to be "one mell of a hess' as my Grandmother used to say.

How interesting..never knew about this......!

[Elessar]

How interesting..never knew about this......!

I first read about it several years ago...studying civil disasters.

It is indeed 'interesting' and almost funny except for the lives lost
and those injured.

I can only imagine if it had happened in the summer with flies and yellowjackets
swarming. Injuries could have been worse.