The great fires in Chicago and the west. History and incidents, losses and sufferings, benevolence of the nations, &c., &c. By a Chicago clergyman. To ... the past. Illustrated with map and scenes.
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9781425511685
Subjects: History / United States / General
First sentence: AMONG the saddest events of history will rank the conflagration which began in Chicago on the night of October 7th, 1871, was renewed on the night of the 8th, and raged with unchecked violence, consuming more than one-half of the area of the city, destroying several hundred millions of property, occasioning large loss of life, and making homeless nearly one hundred thousand persons.