Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919

Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919

A new 100th anniversary edition of the only adult book on one of the odder disasters in US historyâ€”and the greed, disregard for poor immigrants, and lack of safety standards that led to it.

Around noon on January 15, 1919, a group of firefighters were playing cards in Bostonâ€™s North End when they heard a tremendous crash. It was like roaring surf, one of them said later. Like a runaway two-horse team smashing through a fence, said another. A third firefighter jumped up from his chair to look out a windowâ€”â€œOh my God!â€ he shouted to the other men, â€œRun!â€ A 50-foot-tall steel tank filled with 2.3 million gallons of molasses had just collapsed on Bostonâ€™s waterfront, disgorging its contents as a 15-foot-high wave of molasses that at its outset traveled at 35 miles an hour. It demolished wooden homes, even the brick fire station. The number of dead wasnâ€™t known for days. It would be years before a landmark court battle determined who was responsible for the disaster.
Country USA
Brand Beacon Press
Manufacturer Beacon Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrations, unspecified
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2019-01-15
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780807078006

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