Great Molasses Flood
molasses storage tank burst in 1919 in Boston, and a wave of molasses rushed through the streets killing 21 people / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Great Molasses Flood or Boston Molasses Disaster happened in Boston, Massachusetts on January 15, 1919. A metal tank broke, and the 2.3 million gallons of molasses in it poured out onto Commercial Street.[1][2]