An edition of Dark tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 (2003)

Dark Tide

The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919

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An edition of Dark tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 (2003)

Dark Tide

The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919

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Around noon on January 15, 1919, a group of firefighters was playing cards in Boston's North End when they heard a tremendous crash. It was like roaring surf, one of them said later. Like a runaway two-horse team smashing through a fence, said another. A third firefighter jumped up from his chair to look out a window. "Oh my God!" he shouted to the other men, "Run!" A 50-foot-tall steel tank filled with 2.3 million gallons of molasses had just collapsed on Boston's waterfront, disgorging its contents as a 15-foot-high wave of molasses that at its outset traveled at 35 miles an hour. It demolished wooden homes, even the brick fire stateion. The number of dead wasn't known for days. It would be years before a landmark court battle determined who was responsible for the disaster. - Back cover.

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Beacon Press
Language
English
Pages
273

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Subjects

Floods, Alcohol industry, Industrial accidents, Molasses industry, Accidents, History, Boston (mass.), history, United states, history, 20th century

Places

Boston, Massachusetts, Boston (Mass.)

Times

20th century, 1865-
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Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
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Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
September 16, 2004, Beacon Press
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Dark tide: the great Boston molasses flood of 1919
2003, Beacon Press
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First Sentence

"Isaac Gonzales knew what a terrible thing it was to be afraid at night."

Table of Contents

Author's note
Prologue : Isaac's demons
Part one : A monster in our midst.
Deadline on the waterfront
Neighborhood weeping
Along the Gulf Stream
War and anarchy
Heavy load
Part two : Waves of terror.
Before
Engulfed!
I am prepared to meet my God
Darkening skies
Part three : David vs. Goliath.
One of the worst catastrophes
Factor of safety
A sordid story
Epilogue
List of deceased
Bibliographic essay

Edition Notes

Published in
Boston, MA

Classifications

Library of Congress
F73.5.P97 2003

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xi, 273 p.
Number of pages
273
Dimensions
8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
Weight
8 ounces

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL7944861M
Internet Archive
darktide00step
ISBN 10
0807050210
ISBN 13
9780807050217
OCLC/WorldCat
56882145
Library Thing
144308
Goodreads
559887

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL5818031W

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