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21h 10min, oct 8, 1871 y - The Great Fire Begins

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Sunday night at about 9 pm, The Great Chicago Fire begins behind the O'Leary cottage. This is the start of a horrible disaster and the wreckage of most of the city of Chicago.


Catherine O’leary, 1871, Recollection. Abakanowicz Research Center. Chicago History Museum.

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21h 10min, oct 8, 1871 y
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~ 154 years ago

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