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Showing posts with label Chicago Fire(s). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chicago Fire(s). Show all posts
Tuesday, April 16, 2024

The Greek Settlement of Chicago in the 1840s and Beyond.

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The Chicago Greeks showed unwavering determination, resilience, and a passionate love for their heritage. From the humble beginnings of thos...
Saturday, August 26, 2023

1858, July 30th, Destructive Fire on Van Buren Street, Chicago. $15,000 Loss!

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Shortly after nine o'clock in the morning, a fire was discovered by Officer Wood, on his beat, in the rear of a large three-story frame ...

1858, August 20th, Disastrous Fire on South Clark Street, Chicago. $25,000 Loss!

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The № 1, Long John Steamer, was put into service in Chicago in 1858. It was the first steam fire engine in the city, and it helped to revolu...
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Friday, August 25, 2023

1858, July 7th, Fire on East Kinzie Street, Chicago.

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At about 3 o'clock in the morning, a fire was discovered in the unoccupied two-story frame building, № 224 East Kinzie Street. The fire ...
Thursday, August 24, 2023

1858, July 2nd, Destructive Conflagration at Fulton and Jefferson Streets, Chicago.

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At about half past six o'clock, Mr. P.B. Lamb's planning mill, corner of Fulton and Jefferson streets, caught fire, and in a few mom...
Wednesday, August 23, 2023

1858, May 18th, Another Disastrous Conflagration. Nine Lives Lost, Chicago.

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About three o'clock in the morning, our city was visited by another of those disastrous conflagrations which now and then come to send a...

1857, October 11th, A Half Block of State Street Destroyed in a Chicago Conflagration.

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Sunday morning, about half-past two o'clock, a fire broke out in the alley between Monroe and Adams Streets, running from State to Clark...
Tuesday, August 22, 2023

1856, February 4th, Gage's Hotel Burned, Chicago.

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Last night about two o'clock, a fire broke out in the wooded buildings on Dearborn Street, near Randolph Street, occupied by William Rid...

1854, February 21st, One House Consumed, Three Structures Considerably Damaged, Chicago.

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A two-story frame house belonging to Phillip Conly, situated on the North side of Michigan Street (Hubbard Street - 440N, today), between  W...
Monday, August 21, 2023

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

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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. Mc...

1875, November 25th, Fire in a Wabash Avenue Dwelling Under Construction, Chicago.

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The fire at about 12 noon was at the new marble-fronted house of J. Satter, 297 Wabash Avenue (418 S. Wabash, Today), near Van Buren Street....

1875, December 19th, Fire on LaSalle Street, Chicago.

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The alarm of fire at about half-past 8 o'clock in the evening was caused by the burning of a small wooded dwelling and barn on LaSalle ...

1875, December 19th, Saloon Fire on Canal Street, Chicago.

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A fire occured about nine o'clock in the evening in a saloon on the corner of Canal Street and 15th Street; the crossing of the Galena R...

1875, December 29, Lake Street Fire, Chicago.

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The fire near midnight occured in № 165 Lake Street, a boot and shoe store. The adjoining store, № 163, occupied by L.J. Anna furniture deal...

1875, December 30, Maxwell Street Fire.

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At about half-past one o'clock in the morning, a fire occured in the grocery store and saloon of Mr. Wilkie on Maxwell Street, near Jeff...
Sunday, August 20, 2023

1857, October 19th, South Water & Lake Streets Conflagration, Chicago. 1/2 Million+ Loss [PG-13]

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SOUTH WATER STREET FIRE.  TERRIBLE CONFLAGRATION. LOSS OF OVER ONE-HALF MILLION DOLLARS ( $17.5M TODAY)! EIGHTEEN LIVES LOST!! At about four...