1875, November 3rd, Fire on Kinzie Street While Under Construction, Chicago.

A fire broke out in the morning, about half-past one o'clock, in an unfinished three-story dwelling in the progress of erection by S. McKay, Esq., on the corner of Kinzie and Wolcott Streets, on the North Side. The alarm was sounded, and the engines were promptly on the spot and succeeded in confining the fire to the building where it originated. 

Loss of about $500; uninsured. The fire was the work of an incendiary.

Compiled by Dr. Neil Gale, Ph.D.