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Twenty one people were killed on Boston's Commercial Street in the North End when a tank of molasses ruptured and exploded.

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How the Boston Molasses Disaster Ushered in the Era of Modern Regulation

In 1919, a massive wave of molasses marked one of the strangest industrial disasters in modern history. It also marked a major moment in U.S. public policy.

Jared Keller