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By Paul Bennie

What fairly occurred in Mrs. O'Leary's barn that autumn evening in Chicago? notwithstanding not anyone understands evidently, what's convinced is somebody, or whatever, began a load of hay on hearth, and the town of Chicago might by no means be an analogous. the good Chicago hearth of 1871 raged for greater than 24 hours, obliterating the downtown and sparking a mass exodus to the prairies and lake. The flames grew so scorching that they melted iron and marble, and the twisting winds tore the roofs off homes. the person tales of braveness and tragedy, acknowledged via survivors who fought for his or her lives, captivated a country and elicited an outpouring of relief. The bothered urban might upward thrust back, yet its story of close to extinction might stay one in all America's such a lot defining legends.

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