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Sep 21, 2021 · The Great Chicago Fire, As Told By Those Who Lived Through It. As the city marks the 150th anniversary of the defining event, ROBERT LOERZEL mines the archival record to offer a compelling ...
The 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 Fire of 1871 killed nearly 300 people, left 100,000 homeless, destroyed over $190 million worth of property, and leveled the entire central business district of the city. The fire broke out just after 9 p.m. on October 8 in the barn of Patrick and Catherine O’Leary on DeKoven Street.
Mar 17, 2003 · The Great Fire in Chicago — November 4, 1871. The Chicago Newspapers. Cheer Up—Chicago Shall Rise Again. Letter from Horace White, Chicago Tribune, to Murat Halstead, Editor of The Cincinnati Commercial—Published in that newspaper—October 14, 1871. Firms Destroyed—October 13, 1871.
Oct 1, 2024 · Great Chicago Fire, conflagration that began on October 8, 1871, and burned until early October 10, devastating an expansive swath of the city of Chicago. The fire, the most famous in American history, claimed about 300 lives, destroyed some 17,450 buildings, and caused $200 million in damage.
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Oct 8, 2021 · The Chicago Fire Department’s training academy, 558 W. DeKoven St., now stands where the Great Chicago Fire started.
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Oct 4, 2012 · By 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...
