USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Great Molasses Flood, disaster in Boston that occurred after a storage tank collapsed on January 15, 1919, sending more than two million gallons (eight million litres) of molasses flowing through the city’s North End. The deluge caused extensive damage and killed 21 people.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fiery hot molasses floods the streets of Boston on January 15, 1919, killing 21 people and injuring scores of others. The molasses burst from a huge tank at the United States Industrial Alcohol Company building in the heart of the city.

Detailed explanation-3: -The United States Industrial Alcohol (USIA) Company built the 50-foot-tall storage tank in 1915 to serve its Purity Distilling Company subsidiary, which fermented molasses to produce industrial alcohol.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1828, New York became the first state to pass an animal protection law. Massachusetts followed in 1835. New York’s animal cruelty law served as a basis for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), founded by Henry Bergh in 1866.