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Showing posts with label Chicago Fire(s). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chicago Fire(s). Show all posts
Friday, May 31, 2024

Embers of Change: How Two Infernos Molded Modern Chicago

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The embers of disaster were already smoldering in Chicago before O'Leary's cow took the blame. On the night of October 7, 1871, a fi...
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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...