Title: "The great calamity!" Scenes, incidents and lessons of the great Chicago fire of the 8th and 9th of October, 1871. Also some account of other great conflagrations of modern times, and the burning of Peshtigo, Wisconsin.
Authors: Sewell, Alfred L.
Publisher: A. L. Sewell,
Year: 1871
Subjects: Fires Illinois Chicago.; Fires Wisconsin Peshtigo.; Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871; Great Fire, Peshtigo, Wis., 1871.; Chicago (Ill.) History
Contents: Map of Chicago, showing the parks, boulevards, and burned district -- Initial chapter -- Population of Chicago from 1832 to 1871 -- Man's helplessness exemplified -- Chicago's desolation -- The preparation -- Explanatory -- The great conflagration -- After the fire -- The terrified people -- Order out of chaos -- The sufferers -- The prayer for rain -- Generous humanity -- Despair - encouragement -- The losses -- Individual losses -- Incidents -- Two weeks after the fire -- One month after -- Lessons of the fire -- What remained -- Conclusion -- Other great fires of modern times -- The burning of Peshtigo.