Chicago Road Fire

The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was one of the largest disasters in American history. Practically overnight the great city of Chicago was destroyed. Before the fire there was a large drought causing everything to be dry and flammable, then a fire broke out in the O’Leary’s barn and spread throughout the city. Many attempts were made to put out the fire but there were too many errors and problems in the beginning. After the fire many people were left homeless and had to help build their city again (Murphy, 39)

On the afternoon of March 25, 1911, a fire broke out in the 10-floor Asch Building, a block east of Manhattan's Washington Square. This is where 500 mostly young immigrant girls were producing shirts for the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. Within minutes, it spread to consume the building's upper three stories. Firemen at the scene were unable to rescue those trapped inside: their ladders weren't tall enough. Exits were locked, and the narrow fire escapes were inadequate. Panicked, many jumped from the windows to their deaths. People on the street watched in horror. The flames were under control in less than a half hour, but 146 people perished, 123 of them women. It was the worst disaster in the city's history.

One man saw the fire and tried to get someone to use the fire box to get the fire department to send a fire truck. Sadly he had no such luck in notifying them. Fire boxes were boxes located on the street corner for people to use to alert the closest fire department, because telephones were not commonly available at that time. The other man just insisted that a fire truck had probably already been called and was on its way. The fire was so destructive because there were many mistakes and dangerous

The horrific Chicago Fire devastated Chicago, Illinois on October 8, 1871, continuing until October 10, 1871. Hundreds of lives and thousands of homes were claimed by the fire (Duis 435). Many were left without a single possession, causing them to start over on their lives completely. Although for some this would have been bad, for others, it meant a new start for a better life. It gave criminals a chance to clean up their life and go back to their families. The cause of the Chicago Fire of 1871 is still unknown, although it left much devastation until Martial Law took over, resulting in the city patriotically rebounding back.

‘’The Fire that swept through the heart of Chicago began on Sunday night, October 8, 1871. First, The Great Fire would burn for the rest of sunday, all of monday, and into the early hours of Tuesday with little real opposition.’’ They knew the city was already to burn because ⅔ of 59,500 buildings were made out of wood. Barnes contained hay and coal. Tar and wooden shingle. Factories contained flammable materials. The dry conditions, and the grass was really dry. Second, Perhaps they think a cow at Mrs.O'Leary's a cow kicked a lantern and they were the cause of the fire and the destruction of Chicago. People trapped in burning buildings often panicked and jumped to their deaths. It’s

Any school at any given moment in time could have have a shooting take place on its premises or be bombed. One of the saddest things to happen at a school is a shooting, you could lose a family member,a son, a daughter,your spouse, a friend. On October 27th 1975 Robert Poulin, a student just like everyone else who attended St.Pius High School in Ottawa had opened fire on one of his classmates with a shotgun and killed them while injuring 5 and aswell as raping and stabbing his 17 year old friend Kim Rabot to death prior to the shooting. If a locker/personal search had been conducted prior to this none of this would have happened and no one would have been

The great chicago fire of 1871 began the night of October 8, 1871 and burned until the morning of October 10. There are many theories of how the fire started at 137 DeKoven St. (now the home to the Chicago Fire Department training facility) in the barn belonging to Patrick and Catherine O’ Leary; a cow knocked over a lantern, an unknown person knocked over the lantern or possibly even spontaneous combustion but, the true case was never determined. What is known is that due to overly dry conditions and months without rain, once ignited the fire spread quickly. There was also a steady wind that fueled the fire and caused flames and embers to rain down and burn 2,100 acres of the city. The fire was finally out with the assistance of rain, the fire reaching lake and an unbuilt area of Chicago's North side. Even though the fire ruined most of chicago, it was a positive turning point in history. The chicago fire improved fire fighting techniques, improved buildings, and encouraged other cities, states, and countries to send relief and aid.

America is no stranger to tragedy, yet through tragedy comes America's greatest strengths. The Great Chicago Fire of October 1817, is one such tragedy that burned many wooden buildings, sidewalks, commercial buildings, and homes. A tragedy so severe that it lasted for three days that resulted in the death of three-hundred people, and put tens of thousands of Chicagoans on the streets (Volume 2 From Reconstruction, 2015, p. 484).

This was a very terrifying fire it destroyed many homes and killed many adults and many kids too

Saturday, today was a good day. I had one plan today, that was to study and do homework and work on my big assignment due Wednesday. Clearly based on my chart today that didn’t happen. I didn’t listen to any music that day or do any reading. It became a Chicago Fire day, I had made it to season two! I didn't work on Saturday, this was why I had time to watch Tv all day. Again my old-school self watched Tv using my DVD player. I wish I would have studied today, it would have made things better for me on Wednesday. I am a person who strictly sticks to my patterns. If I graded my productivity on my intake of media I would definitely be considered a professional. While I’m on my need to binge Chicago Fire I won’t be watching any other movies

I’m Sofia and today I’m going to tell all about the miserable day that the enormous city of Chicago caught on fire. When everything went wrong.

No one knows how the fire was started to this day, but all we know is that it paved the path for the new, more modern Chicago. From this tragic event, we learned how to prevent large fires like the one that burned Chicago to the ground. This tragedy sparked the flame that lead Chicago to be better and more suitable for the residence of this

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire essentially led to the government to pass legislation on improving safety standards in public buildings all across the country. There are a lot of things that students have to do in order to control the amount of combustible

Following the tragedy, public building safety standards underwent drastic changes. Thereafter, it was mandatory that all the exits are clearly marked, and the doors rigged so that even if they could not be pulled open from the outside, they could be pushed open from the inside.

This cartoon is depicting the Chicago fire. Rumor has it that a cow started the Chicago fire and that’s exactly what this cartoon is showing. This cartoon was published in 1871 depicting the O’Learys. Specifically Mrs. O’Leary. After the fire it was found by reporter that the O’Learys started the fire in their barn by a cow knocking over a lantern. The cartoon says “supposed” cause of the fire, which leads me to think that this artist also believes what later came out about Mrs. O’Leary. She was later rumored to have started the fire on purpose because city officials cut off her milk selling side business. This cartoon raises a good point by saying supposed in that it could mean Mrs. O’Leary started the fire intentionally or that it maybe was just an accident.