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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 Chicago Fire of 1871, also called the Great Chicago Fire, burned from October 8 to October 10, 1871, and destroyed thousands of buildings, killed an estimated 300 people and caused an...
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.
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...
The night before, a contained fire kept Chicago’s fire department awake for hours. By now, Chicagoans were used to the danger: downtown was crowded, and most of the buildings were made of wood. In Peshtigo, sawdust coated household floors. Lumber was abundant in Wisconsin, and Peshtigo was—even more so than Chicago—made of wood.
On October 8, 1871, a fire broke out in a barn on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois. For more than 24 hours, the fire burned through the heart of Chicago, killing 300 people and leaving one-third of the city's population homeless.
Chicago's Great Fire sparked on October 8, 1871 and raged for more than 24 hours. Chicago History Museum, ICHi-002954. On a hot fall night in 1871, the O’Leary family awoke in a panic. Somehow, a...
As Chicago marks the disaster’s 150th anniversary, the fire remains the most famous event in the city’s history. This is the story of the Great Chicago Fire, as told by people who lived through...
On October 8, 1871, Chicago was transformed into a hellish inferno by the Great Chicago Fire. By the time a sudden rain helped extinguish the flames, 300 people were dead, and 100,000 more...
The 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.