Progress of the Chicago Fire of 1871
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- Created Date
- 2004
- Description
The Great Chicago Fire was not one fire, but a succession of nine separate fires started by flying brands carried from earlier burning sites, which then melded into one relentless inferno. It all started in the O'Leary barn on a rear alley of DeKoven Street on the near West Side at 8:30 pm on October 8, 1871. Amid firefighting difficulties and official confusion the fire spread north and eastward. Ninety minutes later a burning brand, caught in t...
- Creator
Conzen, Michael P
- Contributing Institution
- Newberry Library
- Location
- Illinois--Chicago
- Type
- image
- Format
- Maps (Documents)Digital maps
- Language
- English
- Rights
- The Newberry makes its collections available for any lawful purpose, commercial or non-commercial, without licensing or permission fees to the library, subject to the following terms and conditions: https://www.newberry.org/rights-and-reproductions
- Chicago citation style
- Conzen, Michael P. Progress of the Chicago Fire of 1871. 2004. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_chicago/id/3193. (Accessed April 16, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Conzen, Michael P, (2004) Progress of the Chicago Fire of 1871. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_chicago/id/3193
- MLA citation style
- Conzen, Michael P. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_chicago/id/3193>.