Great Molasses Flood

When

15 Jan 1919

Kind

Industrial accident

Coordinates

42.37° N, 71.06° W

Description

wave of molasses which killed 21 people in 1919 in Boston

Deaths

21

Injured

150

Cause

treacle, Purity Distilling Company

1919 accident in Massachusetts, United States

The Great Molasses Flood, also known as the Boston Molasses Disaster, was a disaster that occurred on January 15, 1919, in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, Massachusetts, killing 21 people and injuring 150.”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “21 kişinün öldüğü, 150 kişinin yaralandığı Boston Şeker Pekmezi Felaketi yaşandı”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “波士頓糖蜜災難”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ボストンで870万リットルの糖蜜を詰めた巨大な貯槽が破裂（ボストン糖蜜災害）”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page