WHAT WAS THE GREAT MOLASSES FLOOD OF 1919?

On an unusually warm winter day in Boston, Massachusetts, a storage tank in the city's North End burst, flooding the neighborhood with 2.3 million gallons of molasses. The Red Cross, the Army, the Navy, and the Massachusetts Nautical School launched courageous rescue missions to save people from the sticky and deadly mess. Ages 8-12. 16 pages of photos.