THE GREAT FIRE OF CHICAGO BURNS THE WINDY CITY
10 OCTOBER 1871
After blazing for a day and a half, the Great Fire of Chicago reduces 3.3 square miles of the Windy City to cinders. Up to 300 people are killed and 100,000 made homeless. Many of the city’s buildings were wooden, providing ready fuel for the intense conflagration.
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