FtV - Boston’s Molasses Disaster
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.8 • 951 Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2024
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to New England Legends From the Vault – FtV Episode 48 – Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the Boston Molasses Disaster of January 15, 1919, that left 21 people dead and 150 injured. What happened and why? Could it have been avoided? This episode first aired January 11, 2018.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome legendary listeners. |
| 0:01.6 | Thanks for tuning in to From The Vault, a second look at some of our classic episodes. |
| 0:06.0 | Look for a new episode every week. |
| 0:07.7 | Now, can you go back and listen on your own at our New England legends.com? |
| 0:11.5 | You bet. |
| 0:12.1 | But you won't get the added bonus of an after the legend segment |
| 0:16.3 | featuring new commentary about that episode |
| 0:18.9 | from your old pals, Jeff and Ray. |
| 0:20.7 | So let's open up the New England Legends vault and revisit another legendary episode. |
| 0:27.0 | And welcome to the vault. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome to the vault everybody. sweet and sour and bitter episode. |
| 0:35.8 | I get it I get it I'm gonna let the the rest of the folks figure this out on their own |
| 0:39.6 | Boston's molasses disaster first air January 11th, 2018. Enjoy. Hey Ray, I brought you something. |
| 0:46.0 | Ooh, are those the last of the holiday cookies? They are. |
| 0:49.2 | Gingerbread are one of my favorite. And wait a minute, are they still okay? |
| 0:53.0 | It's been a few weeks since the holidays. |
| 0:55.0 | Of course, we froze some cookies so they're still good. |
| 0:58.0 | You trust me, right? |
| 0:59.0 | Of course I do. |
| 1:00.0 | Well, thanks for the cookie. |
| 1:02.0 | You know one of the main ingredients in gingerbread cookies, Ray? |
| 1:04.0 | I'm going to go out and learn here and say, ginger, sugar. Where are you going with this? |
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