The day a 15-foot wave of beer hit London

The resulting 15-foot tsunami of beer destroyed homes and killed eight people in the St. Giles slum.

The brewery wall was 25 feet high and two and a half bricks thick, but it could not hold.

A coroner ruled the disaster an act of God, meaning the brewery paid no compensation to the victims.

The event became a notorious urban legend, though reports of mass drunkenness were likely exaggerated by the press.