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When the first stories of the Fire broke, this was the original explanation on the cause.

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Chicago Evening Journal, October 9, 1871

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Chicago Tribune, October 11, 1871

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New York Sun, October 10, 1871

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Philadelphia Inquirer, October 10, 1871

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Comments

  1. Marilyn Colby says

    December 13, 2018 at 10:14 pm

    My great-grandfather, Thomas Cannon, was a Chicago policeman who fought the Chicago fire. He was gone for four days during the fire and when he returned, my great-grandmother, Rose, did not recognize him because his face was so blackened.

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