22h 38min, oct 9, 1871 y - A Light Rain Starts

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With this summer being one of the dryest ones on record for Chicago there was not much rain at all. Miraculously, when all hope of saving the parts of the city that were still there was gone a light rain becomes to pour down. This gave the people of Chicago hope that they might be able to save some of the city.


Timeline: Chicago in 1871. The Great Chicago Fire & The Web of Memory. (2011). Retrieved March 29, 2023, from https://greatchicagofire.org/timeline/#1871-10-07

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