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...
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named in memory of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, was founded as the Chicago Fire Soccer Club on October 8, 1997, the Great Fire's 126th anniversary. The...
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Chicago Fire may refer to: Great Chicago Fire, the fire that burned much of Chicago in 1871 Iroquois Theatre fire, a fire at a movie theater in 1903 Chicago...
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the Great Chicago Fire destroyed several square miles and left more than 100,000 homeless, but Chicago's population continued to grow. Chicago made noted...
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people or more. Occurring on the same day as the more famous Great Chicago Fire, the Peshtigo fire has been largely forgotten, even though it killed five times...
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Midwestern United States. These fires include the Great Chicago Fire, Peshtigo Fire, and Great Michigan Fire. In total, the fires burnt more than 3,000,000...
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of Chicago, Illinois, United States, under the jurisdiction of the Mayor of Chicago. The Chicago Fire Department is the second-largest municipal fire department...
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Chicago Fire is an American procedural drama television series created by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, with Dick Wolf as an executive producer. It is...
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fanned the Great Chicago Fire, the Peshtigo Fire and the Port Huron Fire; some believe lightning or even meteor showers may have started the fires. Several...
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pump in 1869, it became particularly well known when it survived the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, although the area around it was burnt to the ground. The...
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The Great Baltimore Fire raged in Baltimore, Maryland from Sunday February 7 to Monday February 8, 1904. In the fire, more than 1,500 buildings were completely...
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Great Fire or The Great Fire may refer to: Great Fire of Rome (64 A.D.) Great Fire of North Walsham (1605) 1615 Great Fire of Wymondham Great fire of Meireki...
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history and the third largest urban fire in the U.S., next to the Great Chicago Fire, and the 1906 San Francisco fire. In 1901, Jacksonville was a city...
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represented by the stars are the establishment of Fort Dearborn, the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, and Century of...
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The Great Boston Fire of 1872 was Boston's largest fire, and still ranks as one of the most costly fire-related property losses in American history. The...
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Catherine O'Leary (category Great Chicago Fire)
immigrant living in Chicago, Illinois, who became famous when it was alleged that an accident involving her cow had started the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Born...
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1949 – The great forest fire of 1949 in the Landes Forest, wildfire, 256,000 acres (1,040 km2) lost, 82 people killed. 1949 – Mann Gulch fire 1953 – Rattlesnake...
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Great Fire and the Myth of Chicago. 1990. 287 pp. Miller, Ross. The Great Chicago Fire (2000); 1st ed was American Apocalypse: The Great Chicago Fire...
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Clark Street. The Gold Coast neighborhood grew in the wake of the Great Chicago Fire. In 1882, millionaire Potter Palmer moved to the area from the Prairie...
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This is a list of fictional characters in the television series Chicago Fire. The article deals with the series' main, recurring, and minor characters...
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viewers per show, between Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., and Chicago Med. Four television series make up the Chicago franchise: Fire, P.D., Med, and Justice...
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close of the 19th century, Chicago was the fifth largest city in the world. Within fifty years of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the population had...
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during the Battle of New Orleans; after major disasters, such as the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, or during riots, such...
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of Michigan wildfires Peshtigo Fire Great Chicago Fire Great Michigan Fire of 1871 Great Hinckley Fire "The Great Fire of 1881: How the Thumb survived"...
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Chicago Fire is an American television drama created by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, who serve as executive producers alongside Joe Chappelle, Peter...
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Mary and the Church of the Holy Name, which were destroyed by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. A cornerstone inscription still bears faint indications of...
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77 community areas of Chicago, is on the West Side, west of the Chicago River and adjacent to the Loop. The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 started on the...
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portal Great Fire of New York (1776) Great New York City Fire of 1845 Great Fire of London Great Fire of Brisbane Great Chicago Fire Great Fire of Turku...
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Northerly Island (redirect from Northerly Island (Chicago))
on 2018-01-08. Retrieved 2020-08-01. "Fire actually burns at this year's Great Chicago Fire Festival | Chicago Sun-Times". Archived from the original...
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World's Columbian Exposition (redirect from The Chicago World's Fair)
World, the fair served to show the world that Chicago had risen from the ashes of the Great Chicago Fire, which had destroyed much of the city in 1871...
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