On a warm January afternoon in 1919, a massive steel tank holding 2.3 million gallons of molasses ruptures without warning, sending a deadly wave of sticky syrup surging through Boston's North End at 35 miles per hour. Residents and workers find themselves trapped in a suffocating, hardening mass as rescuers struggle to cut through the congealing flood to reach survivors.
Word Count
585
Reading Time
3 min
Difficulty
beginner
Genre
History
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