Dark tide
Subtitle: the great Boston molasses flood of 1919
By: Stephen Puleo.
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Floods -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 20th century.; Industrial accidents -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 20th century.; Molasses industry -- Accidents -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 20th century.; Alcohol industry -- Accidents -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 20th century.; Boston (Mass.) -- History -- 1865-
Description: Chronicles the January 15, 1919 Boston Molasses Flood that killed twenty-one people when over two million gallons of molasses poured out of the steel tank that stored it and traveled through the city's North End.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-248) and index.