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What flooded Boston's North End on 15 January 1919, killing 21 people?
A tank holding 2.3 million gallons of molasses ruptured, sending a wave estimated at 25 feet high through the streets at 35 mph.
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The Great Molasses Flood That Killed 21 People in Boston's North End on 15 January 1919 At approximately 12:30 on 15 January 1919 a steel tank holding 2.3 million gallons of molasses ruptured in Boston's North End. The wave — estimated at 25 feet high, moving at 35 mph — killed 21 people, injured 150, and levelled buildings along Commercial Street.
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