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Bookmark or Share- Great Chicago Fire - WikipediaThe Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 8–10, 1871. The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles (9 km 2 ) of the city including over 17,000 structures, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless. [3]
- The Great Chicago FireThe Great Chicago Fire. A Bird's-Eye View of Pre-Fire Chicago describes the remarkable growth of Chicago in the decades preceding the fire, while The Great Conflagration examines the calamity itself. The Ruined City is concerned with the extent and nature of the devastation. Rescue and Relief focuses on the emergency measures taken to restore ...
- Great Chicago Fire begins | October 8, 1871 | HISTORYOn October 8, 1871, flames spark in the Chicago barn of Patrick and Catherine O’Leary, igniting a two-day blaze that kills between 200 and 300 people, destroys 17,450 buildings, leaves 100,000...
- What (or Who) Caused the Great Chicago Fire? | SmithsonianBy early morning on Tuesday, October 10, when rain extinguished the last meekly glowing ember, the city was ravaged: $200 million worth of property destroyed, 300 lives lost and 100,000 people—one...
- Fire of 1871 - Encyclopedia of ChicagoAftermath of Great Chicago Fire, 1871. On October 8, 1871, a fire began on DeKoven Street in a barn owned by Catherine and Patrick O'Leary. Fueled by a gale-force wind, this blaze grew into the Great Chicago Fire. Advancing northward for 36 hours, the inferno destroyed three and a half square miles in the heart of the city, leveling more than ...
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