History's Forgotten Headlines
True crimes and disasters in American history that once grabbed global headlines, but have since been forgotten.
History's Forgotten Headlines
Destruction by Molasses
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Justin Dougherty
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Boston's North End has a lot of history, including a tragedy many feel is stranger than fiction. Around 100 years ago, more than two million gallons of molasses ripped through a large portion of one of the most dense neighborhoods in the entire world. Nearly two dozen people were killed and 150 others were severely injured, and this is the story of how it happened.