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What Was the Great Chicago Fire?

By Janet B. Pascal, Who HQ, Tim Foley (Illustrator)
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By Janet B. Pascal, Who HQ, Tim Foley (Illustrator)
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Did the Great Chicago Fire really start after a cow kicked over a lantern in a barn? Find out the truth in this addition to the What Was? series.

On Sunday, October 8, 1871, a fire started on the south side of Chicago. A long drought made the neighborhood go up in flames. And practically everything that could go wrong did. Firemen first went to the wrong location. Fierce winds helped the blaze jump the Chicago River twice. The Chicago Waterworks burned down, making it impossible to fight the...

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