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Wikipedia: Great Chicago Fire
User-created article about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, one of the largest U.S. disasters of the 19th century.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chicago_Fire
Chicago: 1871 The Great Fire
Includes excerpts from the Weather Office Journal.
www.chipublib.org/004chicago/timeline/greatfire.html
Great Chicago Fire: The Greatest Disaster Our City Has Ever Seen
Which was started by a cow that belonged to an Irishwoman named Catherine O'Leary.
www.prairieghosts.com/great_fire.html

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