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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. [ 3 ]
During the blaze, the roof caught fire and collapsed into the pumps, destroying them, along with any hope that there would be enough water to stop the spread of the fire. But the structure itself survived.” [7] In the years since the fire, the tower has become a symbol of old Chicago and of the city's recovery from the fire.
February 12 – Barton Hotel fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 29. February 16 – Elderly home for Catholic church fire in Yokohama, Japan, killed 100. April 28 – Green Mill Hotel fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 12. May 11 – Cinema fire in Wielopole Skrzyńskie, Poland, killed 58 and injured 20. [55]
Old Town is a neighborhood and historic district in Near North Side and Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois, [2] [3] home to many of Chicago's older, Victorian-era buildings, including St. Michael's Church, one of seven buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire.
The Old Chicago Water Tower District is a historic district along the Magnificent Mile shopping district in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois.The district, located on both sides of North Michigan Avenue between East Chicago and East Pearson Streets, includes the Chicago Water Tower, Chicago Avenue Pumping Station and the fire house for Engine 98 of the Chicago Fire ...
Despite being billed as "absolutely fireproof" in advertisements and playbills, [12] numerous deficiencies in fire readiness were apparent in the theater building. An editor of Fireproof Magazine toured the Iroquois during construction and noted "the absence of an intake, or stage draft shaft; the exposed reinforcement of the arch; [13] the presence of wood trim on everything and the ...
A downtown Los Angeles building made famous as the setting of an album cover photo for the legendary rock band the Doors was heavily damaged after fire broke out Thursday morning. The building ...
The view north from the foot of the Magnificent Mile in the Michigan–Wacker Historic District: the Beaux Arts Wrigley Building (left) and neo-Gothic Tribune Tower. After the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, State Street (anchored by Marshall Field's) in the downtown Loop, especially the Loop Retail Historic District, was the city's retailing center. [3]