Global & Disaster Medicine

1/15/1919: Molasses burst from a huge tank flooding the streets of Boston, killing 21 people and injuring scores of others.

January 15th, 2018

History Channel

  • A 58-foot-high tank filled with 2.5 million gallons of crude molasses.
  • The bolts holding the bottom of the tank exploded, shooting out like bullets
  • Hot molasses rushed out.
  • An eight-foot-high wave of molasses swept away the freight cars and caved in the building’s doors and windows.

 

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