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Boston Molasses Disaster | A Deadly Deluge | 1

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The Molasses of the Flood

When the flood started molasses was chest high but as it fanned out it turned into a thin sticky layer which adhered to every surface and then began to harden. The death toll had reached 11, but many more were still missing Meanwhile boston mayor andrew peters tried to reassure the public As he stood in the dense molasses among commercial street.

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