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The Other Great Fire of 1871
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Now that The Post's "Letter From Chicago" {"Putting a Myth Out to Pasture," Oct. 29} has restored Mrs. O'Leary's good name and has helped shift the blame for the Great Chicago Fire elsewhere, I wonder how many readers know that the storied Chicago conflagration was second in destructiveness to another fire on the same date 126 years ago.
On Oct. 8, 1871, the most devastating forest fire in American history swept through northeast Wisconsin, claiming some 1,200 lives. The anniversary of the Peshtigo Fire usually receives little note outside the region, because the Chicago Fire…
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Great Fire of 1871 remains benchmark of devastation
The fire that swept...history, but the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 remains the...fire in any other major American...to Oct. 9, 1871, Chicago received...fought the fire, but time...book, The Great Chicago Fire...crossing each other's paths... |
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`Trial' puts spotlight on Great Chicago Fire of 1871
`Trial' puts spotlight on Great Chicago Fire of 1871 zB1 By Eric Fidler THE ASSOCIATED...around the start of the Great Fire." Yes, that Great Fire, the one that leveled a third of Chicago in October 1871, left more than 100,000 people... |
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Chicago - a hot town. (the Great Chicago Fire of 1871) (Commentary)
...Chicago Fire in 1871. But was Bessie...real cause of the fire? Consider this...have cause the fire? Mel Waskin thinks...Causes of the Great Chicago Fire, published by...book documents other fires that also...on October 8, 1871--the same night... |
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Time trip.(results of Chicago fire of 1871)(Brief Article)
...The most famous fire in U.S. history...place in Chicago in 1871. * Some people say the "Great Conflagration...fancy way to say "fire") was an accident...evening, Oct. 8, 1871, shortly after...that Daisy and other animals in the barn... |
 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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THE OTHER GREAT FIRE OF 1871 MAKES FOR A TIMELY, SEARING...
...Its People, and the Deadliest Fire in American History (Henry Holt, $26) is the story of a fire that had the bad luck to take place on the same night as the great Chicago fire of 1871. In the latter fire, 300 people... |
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Historical Society toasts Great Chicago Fire of 1871
If you happen to see a fire engine Sunday in front of...to have a good look at a fire truck and learn about firefighting...118th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire. The fire began the evening of Oct. 8, 1871, and continued to burn wildly... |
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The Other Great Fire of 1871
...shift the blame for the Great Chicago Fire elsewhere, I wonder...destructiveness to another fire on the same date 126 years ago. On Oct. 8, 1871, the most devastating forest fire in American history...fire also burned 16 other towns, but the damage... |
 "Post-Tribune (IN)")
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Former Highland resident presents twist on 1871 fire
...That's because a fire never destroyed the...Apparently, after a fire destroyed the Windy City in 1871, they made the streets...lamp that started the Great Chicago Fire," my mother said...including offering a few other theories of how the... |
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FIRE PREVENTION WEEK MARKS ANNIVERSARY OF TWO DEADLY, DEVASTATING 1871 FIRES
...out that a national interest in fire prevention as well as firefighting...which occurred on the same day in 1871, at virtually the same hour, only 250 miles apart. On October 9, 1871 the Great Chicago Fire broke out and in just a few hours... |
 "Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)")
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Dubuque pitched in on a couple of 1871 disasters; Peshtigo rivaled the famed...
...in the woods used fire to cook and heat...companies clear-cut the great pine forests of the...destruction. The Great Peshtigo Fire is one of the largest...horses, cattle and other animals frantically...Dubuque by Oct. 16, 1871. Mr. J.R. Scott... |
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