US, Boston, Anarchist journal - BAAM #17 The Great Molasses Flood: 90 Year Anniversary
You may have heard the punchline: 2.3 million gallons of molasses in waves 15-40 feet high traveling at 35 miles an hour flooded Boston’s North End in January 1919. Untold numbers of horses, dogs and rats were smothered, 150 people were injured, 21 working people and children were killed while wooden houses, a brick fire station and the elevated rail were destroyed.
