On January 15, 1919, Boston was hit with a massive flood. The flood rushed through the streets at an estimated 35 miles per hour, killing 21 people and injuring over 150. By the way, the flood wasn’t water, it was molasses.
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1. Great Molasses Flood [Wikipedia]
2. The Boston Molasses Disaster of 1919 [YouTube-12m, 23s]
3. Boston Molasses Flood.mov [YouTube-7m, 19s]
4. The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 [YouTube-4m, 18s]
5. The Great Boston Molasses Flood [YouTube-4m, 15s]
6. Sneak Peek at the Boston Molasses Flood Project [YouTube-2m, 31s]
7. FYFD-Boston’s Great Molasses Flood [Website]
8. Great Molasses Flood-Cost of Damage [Mass Moments]
9. Firsthand accounts of Boston’s deadly Great Molasses Flood [Boston.Com]
10. The Victims of The Great Molasses Flood [GenealogyTrails]
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