This is a story that my Dad told me about when I was a kid. Growing up in Massachusetts, I'm sure many youngsters were told by their elders of the flood of molasses in Boston. I'm sure they were told, as I was, that on hot days, you can smell molasses where it happened. It almost seems unreal, as your first reaction may be "You can't be serious?". Yes, it was serious. Deadly serious, unfortunately.
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| By BPL - https://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/4901555337/ Panorama of the Molasses Disaster site, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=236987 |
On January 16, 1919, just a few months after World War 1 ended, a large storage tank holding over 2.3 million gallons of molasses in Boston's North End exploded, killing 21 people and injuring 150 more.
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| By not specified - Boston Post, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13435914 |
I do have a physical book, but I'll be listening to the Audible version because it features Grover Gardner as the narrator, and he's one of my favorite narrators. I will be following along in the book, as it includes photos and maps.
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