Boston's Great Molasses Flood of 1919

References

• Boston Daily Globe. 1919. "Death toll from tank disaster 13." Boston Daily Globe, January 18: 1.
• Boston Daily Globe. 1919. "Martin Clougherty awoke in a sea of sticky molasses." Boston Daily Globe, January 16: 7.
• Boston Daily Globe. 1919. "Molasses tank explosion injures 50 and kills 11." Boston Daily Globe, January 16: 1.
• Boston Daily Globe. 1919. "No Bill returned in tank disaster." Boston Daily Globe, February 13: 3.
• Boston Daily Globe. 1919. "Official police report of North End disaster." Boston Daily Globe, January 16: 7.
• Boston Daily Globe. 1919. "Scenes of anguish at relief station." Boston Daily Globe, January 16: 7.
• Buell, Spencer. 2019. "Anarchists, horses, heroes: 12 things you didn't know about the Great Boston Molasses Flood." Boston Magazine, Janaury 12.
• Daily Boston Globe. 1919. "Explosion theory favored by expert." Daily Boston Globe, January 16: 1.
• Daily Boston Globe. 1919. "Mayor appalled, promises probe." Daily Boston Globe, January 16: 1.
• Dwyer, Dialynn. 2019. "What people saw and felt in the first moments of Boston's dead Great Molasses Flood." Boston Globe, January 13.
• Jabr, Ferris. 2013. "The science of the Great Molasses Flood." Scientific American, August 1.
• Park, Edwards. 1983. "Without warning, molasses surged over Boston 100 years ago." Smithsonian Magazine, November 1.
• Puleo, Stephen. 2004. Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.

Credits

• Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022)
• Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023)
• Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley
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