O ver the span of just a few days in October 1871, the Great Chicago Fire devastated the city, claiming the lives of more than 300 people and leaving over 100,000 residents homeless.The fire ...

The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 shows us how during and after a disaster people make choices that transform communities and impact themselves and others in lasting ways. Because of decisions made ...

1871. Known as The Great Chicago Fire, the blaze burned through the heart of the Windy City, killing 300 people and leaving one-third of the city's population homeless, according to National ...

This past week marked the 150th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 which killed about 300 people, incinerated 17,000 buildings, destroyed wide swaths of the city, caused $200million in ...

Slow camera shutter speeds of the era make the people appear ghostly. A view looking north at Franklin and Madison streets in Chicago after the Great Chicago Fire in 1871. The First National Bank ...

Fall 1871: Chicago is a tinderbox ... Track the path of the fire and read accounts of people who lived through it, in this interactive timeline and map. 1. Before the fire The Sunday morning ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- On the night of Sunday, Oct. 8, 1871, a fire broke out ... "It respects those people who lost their lives in the Great Chicago Fire, who were made homeless, who lost their propert ...

Fire Prevention Week was established to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Little remembered is ... but killed six times as many people. The difference between the two was the Chicago ...

touching off the Great Chicago Fire, or so the legend goes. The blaze, which burned for three days in October 1871, killed 300 people and left more than 100,000 homeless. In reality, however ...