When the first stories of the Fire broke, this was the original explanation on the cause.
Chicago Evening Journal, October 9, 1871
Chicago Tribune, October 11, 1871
New York Sun, October 10, 1871
Philadelphia Inquirer, October 10, 1871
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When the first stories of the Fire broke, this was the original explanation on the cause.
Chicago Evening Journal, October 9, 1871
Chicago Tribune, October 11, 1871
New York Sun, October 10, 1871
Philadelphia Inquirer, October 10, 1871
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.