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Maria-Letizia Bonaparte [b] (née Ramolino; [c] 24 August 1750 or 1749 [a] – 2 February 1836), known as Letizia Bonaparte, was a Corsican noblewoman and the mother of Napoleon I of France. She received the title " Madame Mère " (French for "Madame Mother") due to her status as the Emperor's mother.
The Chicago Union Stock Yards fire of 1934 was the second-most destructive fire in the city's history, after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, in terms of property damage and buildings lost. [1] The Union Stock Yards of Chicago , Illinois in the United States were, at the time, the commercial butchering and meatpacking center of the Midwest .
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Most structures downtown were destroyed by the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 (an exception being the Water Tower). [1] Chicago's architectural styles include the Chicago School primarily in skyscraper design, Chicago Bungalows, Two-Flats, and Greystones. The Loop is home to skyscrapers as well as sacred architecture including "Polish Cathedrals ...
The Chicago Union Stock Yards fire occurred from December 22 to December 23, 1910 in Chicago, resulting in the deaths of twenty-one Chicago Fire Department firemen. [1]Until the September 11 attacks, the fire was the deadliest building collapse in American history, [1] although the Texas City Disaster of 1947 killed more firefighters overall.
Upper facade. Commercial real estate in Chicago, Illinois boomed in the late 1870s due to the recovery from the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 and the Depression of 1873–79.In 1880, William Ellery Hale purchased a small lot in the Loop community area containing the four-story First National Bank Building, one of the few offices in downtown Chicago to partially survive the Great Fire. [3]
The Line Fire in Southern California has scorched over 20,000 acres of land and forced thousands of evacuations as firefighters battle the fast-moving flames.
Destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, this was replaced by an eight-story building. In 1915 Harry C. Moir, who had bought the property from Morrison's nephew, built a 21-floor, 500-room hotel designed by Marshall and Fox .