The Great Boston Molasses Flood: When 2.3 Million Gallons Hit Boston
On January 15, 1919, a giant storage tank burst in Boston’s North End, unleashing more than two million gallons of […]
Disasters
The Halifax Explosion: The Collision That Destroyed Part of a City
In 1917, two ships collided in Halifax Harbour. One of them was packed with explosives. What happened next became one […]
The Exploding Whale: Oregon’s Most Ridiculous Cleanup Plan
In 1970, Oregon officials had an eight-ton dead whale rotting on a beach and needed to get rid of it. […]
Centralia: The Pennsylvania Town With a Fire Burning Underneath It
In 1962, a fire reached abandoned coal workings beneath Centralia, Pennsylvania. Attempts to stop it failed. Eventually, most of the […]