The Boston Molasses Disaster of 1919 in which a large molasses (treacle) tank burst, and a wave of molasses ran through the streets at an estimated 56 km/h, killing twenty-one and injuring 150 others. What a horrible and surreal way to die.

Posted in Randoms on Tuesday December 5, 2006.

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