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SCOUT· 24%41m·2026-06-26·HistoryTreacle Tears: The Boston Molasses Disaster
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · 26
The children of North End, Boston, play in the shadow of an enormous steel tank of molasses. The thick, sticky sugar syrup is being used to make munitions for the First World War. When a worker notices dark molasses seeping from the tank he warns the company that there could be a leak. But the man in charge, Arthur…
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