Essay On The Great Chicago Fire

Chicago, Illinois was a popular city in the early United States. Chicago was a center for trade due to the water sources running through it. The two rivers located in Chicago, the Chicago River and the Des Plaines River, connected the city to the Mississippi river and Lake Michigan. Railroads through Chicago also helped it become a transportation center in the United States. Thousands of immigrants came to Chicago every year. Settlers and visitors arrived constantly by wagon, ship, or even train. There were around ten railroads that congregated in the city. Many people saw Chicago as a great opportunity. Merchants, tradesmen, and business from the East Coast scrambled to the new businesses opportunities in the city. In 1870, only one year before the Great Fire, around 300,000 people lived in Chicago.

Have you ever thought about living in the late 1800s? Sometimes you have to do work that you have never done before. In the novel I Survived The Great Chicago Fire, 1871 by Lauren Tarshis is a Novel about a boy that was forced to move to Chicago. His family had to go to Chicago to get work done. Oscars personality is shaped by the time period in which he lived.

In West Warwick Rhode Island, on February 20th, 2003, during the performance of the band Great White, a fire broke out that eventually claimed the lives of 100 people and injured an additional 200. The band’s tour manager arranged for, and ignited pyrotechnic props, large fireworks designed to display a shower of sparks. The sparks ignited foam soundproofing near stage. The fire spread quickly. Most were killed either in the crush to exit the building or overcome by fumes while trying to find an exit. The immediate cause was well documented due to witness reports and a videotape that was taken during the concert. In the period that followed the tragedy there were many attempts to fix blame. Following a Grand Jury

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The two texts, “The Great Chicago Fire” by Julia Ann Moore, and the “fanny Boggs Lester” letter by Fanny Lester, both share the same theme. The authors argue that incredible devastation can be caused from trying to come back from a huge fire incident.

The Great Chicago Fire was a major milestone in the city’s history. The fire started on October 8th, 1871 and did not end until October 10th, 1871. People never saw this fire coming which might have made it even worse. The only reason it spread so far was because everything was made out of wood, the ground was parched and the wind was blowing that night; the reason it stopped was because it had started raining. Although the fire destroyed most of the city, it was a positive turning point in history. The Chicago Fire improved firefighting and their equipment, new buildings that were made out of fireproof materials, and it brought big investors to the city.

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)

Great Chicago Fire in 1871; “Big Burn” the Great Fire of 1910; Miramichi Fire; Oakland Firestorm of 1991; Cloquet Fire; Yellowstone 's 'Summer of Fire '; California 's Cedar Fire of 2003; 2004 Taylor Complex Fire; Great Hinckley Fire of 1894; and the 2007 California wildfires (Nelson, 2013).

Throughout the mid 1800´s Chicago was undergoing substantial growth. The city had a population of 30,000 in 1850 and within 30 years had grown to nearly 90,000. Middle class individuals settled the outskirts of the city expanding it's borders. Lower class individuals continued to settle in the downtown districts. This resulted in an extremely dense concentration of people and wooden structures which would contribute to the extensive damage caused by the fire.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire not only affected the city of New York, but also the rest of the country. It forever changed the way our country would look at safety regulations in factories and buildings. The fire proved to America what can and will happen if we over-look safety regulations and over-crowd buildings. Unfortunately, 146 lives are taken before we fully understand this concept.

On July 10, 2001 four U.S Forest Service Firefighters died while battling the thirty mile fire. Six others injured including two hikers. The thirty mile fire was the second deadliest fire in Washington state history.

Wheaton, Illinois is a city within the Chicago suburb. The population is 53,644 people with 91.7% White, 3.4% Black, 3.5% Asian, 3.3% Hispanic, and 1.2% are multirace. (citydata.com) Wheaton was originally a piece of land owned by Charles Wesley Gary and his brother Erastus. Couple of years later, Charles’s friends Jesse and Warren Wheaton set up the town in Wheaton. Eventually, Wheaton brothers donated their unused land to Railroad Company. (Moore 12) In 1849, the village of Wheaton is founded when the first train service stopped on the way to Galena, Illinois. Many of the new businesses established among the train route. Due to the growth of businesses, the town had expanded to 500 people by 1853. When the government seated Milton Township, it had moved from Naperville to Wheaton, the village found themselves apart of a spurt growth in their economy for next hundred years. In this community memoir, I will discuss how the railroad and government industry helped expand the economy in Wheaton, Illinois since 1849. Due to the increase of the government seat, it brought changes in the economic status into the town today world.

Chicago Fire has now reached the top as the best dramatic thriller for having the best romance scenes, amazing gut- wrenching scenes, and the most captivating plot twists. Chicago Fire has been known to show some amazing romance scenes throughout each season. These scenes have shown how Casey and Gabby have had strength to get each other through their toughest times. The one scene where this plays out the best, happens when a call breaks out for a fire at a factory with many hazardous chemicals that could potentially blow the whole building up and kill the workers inside.

Imagine, your whole town being engulfed by fire destroying a city half the size of Rhode Island, that’s what the people of Fort McMurray, Canada are experiencing right now. Over 90,000 people have had to flee their homes unexpectedly with little to nothing. While the fire in Canada is forcing over 90,000 people to leave their homes the effect could be caused by global warming.

that burned 55 homes at the mouth of the San Gabriel Canyon. The total damage