The Chicago Fire Of 1871
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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 buildi ....
Middle of paper
.... to save a half grown calf. By now everyone in the
neighborhood woke up, including the sleeping O'learys. The "America" hose cart
was the first to reach the scene. They were soon joined by the "Little Giant"
engine company. A neighbor ran to a drug store to turn on an alarm but the
alarm failed to work. The court house watchman had given wrong directions but
later tried to correct his mistake, but the alarm operator was eating dinner
so she refused to correct the mistake. The fire en ....
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