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It swept up everything, people, animals, everything, hurling them several feet into the air, just sucking them down. Those not in the direct path of the flood still risked being hit by heavy timbers and other debris that was flying out of this flood.

It swept up everything, people, animals, everything, hurling them several feet into the air, just sucking them down. Those not in the direct path of the flood still risked being hit by heavy timbers and other debris that was flying out of this flood.

When the Clowerty's house was toppled by the wave, Martin's mother, 65-year-old Bridget Clowerty, was picked up by the wave and thrown across the street.

When the Clowerty's house was toppled by the wave, Martin's mother, 65-year-old Bridget Clowerty, was picked up by the wave and thrown across the street.

Bridget landed hard on the ground and then a large piece of the home's roof fell on top of her and crushed her to death. Oh my God. It's unthinkable. You live 64 years and that's how you go out? Yeah. Jesus. It's so violent. Oh, it's awful. It's brutal. That's the thing. It's violent.

Bridget landed hard on the ground and then a large piece of the home's roof fell on top of her and crushed her to death. Oh my God. It's unthinkable. You live 64 years and that's how you go out? Yeah. Jesus. It's so violent. Oh, it's awful. It's brutal. That's the thing. It's violent.

And what's crazy is this is sometimes looked at, especially from people outside of Massachusetts or Boston, as like, oh, the Great Molasses Flood. Like a silly thing. It used to smell like molasses in Boston afterwards on hot days. And it's like, uh-huh. That's horrible because it's just a reminder. But nobody teaches anybody about it. No. Of course it sounds hilarious. It sounds hyperbolic.

And what's crazy is this is sometimes looked at, especially from people outside of Massachusetts or Boston, as like, oh, the Great Molasses Flood. Like a silly thing. It used to smell like molasses in Boston afterwards on hot days. And it's like, uh-huh. That's horrible because it's just a reminder. But nobody teaches anybody about it. No. Of course it sounds hilarious. It sounds hyperbolic.

The name, the Great Molasses Flood, sounds hilarious. It sounds like it would be whimsical and smell like gingerbread. It sounds like something that would happen on fucking Phineas and Ferb. It does. It just sounds silly. Yeah. It wasn't. It was very, very, very brutal. It really was. People lost people that they loved. And in horrible ways. Yeah.

The name, the Great Molasses Flood, sounds hilarious. It sounds like it would be whimsical and smell like gingerbread. It sounds like something that would happen on fucking Phineas and Ferb. It does. It just sounds silly. Yeah. It wasn't. It was very, very, very brutal. It really was. People lost people that they loved. And in horrible ways. Yeah.

The other members of the Clowardy family made it out of their house, but it would be several hours before they learned the fate of their mother.

The other members of the Clowardy family made it out of their house, but it would be several hours before they learned the fate of their mother.

Yeah. The wave of molasses struck the area hard, but an equally serious problem was getting into the area to help those that were affected by all of this. People are just trapped because it's also just like, doesn't it harden after a while too? Yeah, it's like crusty and shit. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Yeah. The wave of molasses struck the area hard, but an equally serious problem was getting into the area to help those that were affected by all of this. People are just trapped because it's also just like, doesn't it harden after a while too? Yeah, it's like crusty and shit. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. The molasses had covered several blocks of the city in depths of two to three feet.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. The molasses had covered several blocks of the city in depths of two to three feet.

So once the syrup had been washed away, large teams of men would follow behind scrubbing every surface with stiff bristle brushes to try to get it all because it's just sticky shit now. Yeah.

So once the syrup had been washed away, large teams of men would follow behind scrubbing every surface with stiff bristle brushes to try to get it all because it's just sticky shit now. Yeah.