The Great Chicago Fire
A city constructed of wood and thirsty for water after a long dry summer. Chicago was a hotbed for disaster when the Great Chicago Fire broke out on October 8, 1871. After two days of raging flames, the blaze was finally put out on October 10, 1871.
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