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17 lut 2009 · English: Map of Chicago, showing the burned area after the Great Chicago Fire in 1871.
The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 8–10, 1871. The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles (9 km 2) of the city including over 17,000 structures, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless.
This guide map, published just after the Great Chicago Fire, superimposes the burned area over the gridded street pattern. The fire started southwest of the city center and burned over 2,000 acres, noted by the shaded red area.
4 mar 2010 · The Chicago Fire of 1871, also called the Great Chicago Fire, burned from October 8 to October 10, 1871, and destroyed thousands of buildings, killed an estimated 300 people and caused an...
8 paź 2015 · The fire burned for nearly two days from Oct. 8 to Oct. 10, killing hundreds and destroying a little over 3 square miles of the city, mostly centered in the city's downtown business district.
8 paź 2015 · On this day in 1871, a fire that started in a barn quickly spread through Chicago and burned 3.5 square miles of the city to the ground.
Chicago, as it is, showing the burnt district From: Goodspeed's History of the great fires, New York, 1871. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: missing upper right corner. Contributor: Watson, Gaylord Date: 1871-01-01
