The Chicago Fire started on October 8, 1871.
Mrs O'Leary's cow
Legend insists that it was a cow that kicked over a lantern.
The cause of the Great Chicago Fire remains unknown.
The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagaration that burned Sunday October 10, 1871. It killed hundreds and destroyed about four square mile in Chicago,Illinois. On the Municipal Flag of the Chicago, the second star commemorates the fire. People proclaimed that a cow that started the fire. But that isn't totally true.It began on Sunday, 8 October 1871.It destroyed about 4 square miles of the city.It began at or near 137 DeKoven Street.It was not started by Catherine O'Leary's cow.The Chicago Water Tower survived the blaze.It destroyed 17,500 building.It left 100,000 people homeless.Between 200 and 300 people were killed and 125 bodies were recovered.The Chicago Fire Academy is now located where the fire began.Within six weeks, 212 new brick and stone structures were under construction.
The Chicago Fire started on October 8, 1871.
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The training academy for the Chicago Fire Department at Dekoven and Jefferson streets.
The cause of the Great Chicago Fire remains unknown, but is was not started by Catherine O'Leary's cow.
Mrs. O'Leary owned the cow near where the fire started. There was no proof that the cow started the fire.
No one really knows who started the fire,but i heard that mrs.ol'eary started it by lighting a lantern & a cow knocked it over.
The exact origin of the Great Chicago Fire is unknown, but it was not Catherine O'Leary and it was not her cow.
Mrs O'Leary's cow
No. We do not know for sure who and how someone started the great fire of Chicago in 1871 and we probably never will since there are no eye-witnesses.
Paper Lace
The traditional account of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 says it was started by a cow owned by Patrick and Catherine O'Leary kicked over a lantern in a barn and started the fire.
the great Chicago fire was first started on a Sunday evening between 9 and 10 on october 8 1871.