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Short Stuff: Boston Molasses Flood

In 1919 one of the most bizarre disasters in history took place in Boston’s North End when a really fast, towering wave of molasses covered the neighborhood, killing people and animals in horrific ways and knocking buildings from their foundations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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In 1919 one of the most bizarre disasters in history took place in Boston’s North End when a really fast, towering wave of molasses covered the neighborhood, killing people and animals in horrific ways and knocking buildings from their foundations.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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