A 25-Foot Wave of Molasses Killed 21 People in Boston (1919)

On January 15, 1919, a giant storage tank in Boston's North End split open and released a wave of molasses that may have reached about 25 feet (≈7.6 m) and moved at an estimated 35 mph (≈56 km/h). Twenty-one people died and about 150 were injured. The warning signs had been there for years. This is history that sounds fake… but isn't. Chapters 0:00 A wave of molasses 0:24 The tank that leaked 1:44 A mild day in January 2:24 The wave 3:31 The rescue 4:50 Who was responsible? 5:53 What it changed 6:27 Next week Visuals are AI reconstructions for illustration, not archival footage. Wave height and speed are estimates; accounts vary. Sources • Massachusetts Moments (Mass Humanities), "Molasses Flood Engulfs North End," Jan 15 1919 • Boston.com, "These are the 21 victims of the Great Molasses Flood" (2019) • Harvard University / American Physical Society study on the flood's fluid dynamics (2016), reported by Insurance Journal and Boston.com • History.com, "The Great Molasses Flood of 1919" • Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, "Molasses Flood" • Wikipedia, "Great Molasses Flood" (and its cited sources) Subtitles: English and Arabic. New episode every week. Subscribe: @fableprooftv