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    The Chicago Fire of 1871, otherwise know as the Great Chicago Fire, began on October 8th and lasted through the 10th. The fire left the windy city in ruins and left nearly 100,000 people homeless. The fire burned four miles long of the city and nearly a mile wide, which cause almost 300 people to die and 200 million dollars of property damage. The Great Chicago Fire was a historical event that won't soon be forgotten, and caused this sturdy city to grow to greatness.     The fire was supposedly

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    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

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    event of The Great Chicago Fire. The fire started October 8, 1871 just after 9:00pm. The fire started in a barn at Patrick and Catherine O’Leary’s house. There was a bell at the top of the courthouse that warned people of the fire. However, the cause of fire is still unknown, but the biggest theory is that O’Leary cow kicked over a lantern. When the fire broke out, and the firefighters were signaled, they were sent to the wrong location. Unfortunately, back then the fire fighters were carriages

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    Chicago City Ready For The Death Of Fire In October 8, 1871,Chicago,Illinois was a city ready to burn by the nightmare of wood. Proof The city was ready to burn because a cow tipped over a candle in the O’Learys’ barn which made it go on fire and ⅔ of building were made out of wood, roads and sidewalks were made of wood also. There were hay and 2 tons of coal in barns. In 1871 they had Firefighters that were lazy and hungover, they didn’t care about saving people they only cared about themselves

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    The Chicago Fire of 1871      The summer of 1871 had been an unusually dry one in Chicago. Between July and October, only 5 inches of rain fell. In addition to twenty-seven fires in the first week of October, on Saturday night, October 7, a blaze broke out in a planning mill on the West Side and destroyed almost every building in a four block area before it was brought under control Sunday morning. They lost a hose and other fire-fighting equipment, including one of seventeen

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    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

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    The Great Chicago Fire was a historical narrative written by Robert Cromie in 1958, a little less than 100 years after the fire took place. Robert Cromie had many accomplishments to be proud of, since he was a war correspondent, a sports journalist, a columnist, a book editor/author, and a radio and television host. His radio and television shows were about books and authors, and they gained him numerous writing and broadcasting awards. In 1936, he joined the Chicago Tribune staff as a writer (Struzzi)

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    The Great Chicago Fire “Everything went wrong” 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. The authorities blamed the O’learys but, even though they think that Chicago wasn't prepared and “everything went wrong.” First thing that went wrong So first of all the people were ignoring the alarms. that was a very bad decision they took there. A fire is a fire, no matter how small because a

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    great Chicago fire was a fire that burned through the city of Chicago rapidly, leaving hundreds of people homeless and some dead. On the night of October 8th, 1871 a fire started in the barn of Cathrine and Patrick Oleary quickly spreading out. 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

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    The Great Chicago Fire occurred in 1871. The first spark of the fire began in a nearby family barn. Uncontrolled, the blaze lasted a few days, burning a large part of the city. After the fire was put out, Chicago saw a period of rapid growth and development. The Great Fire was a devastating event in Chicago's history, but in the end helped turn the city into a major US city. The Great Chicago Fire was a tragic event to happen in the city's history. While the cause of this major fire is unknown

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