How long did the Great Chicago Fire last?
Correct answer: More than 24 hours
Roxana Ioana Costin
Oh my God. That is so sad!!! 😔
NLadybug
Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicked the lantern over and started the fire!
Fay Settles
that was sad that so many were killed
Player #28446405
Roxana Ioana Costin, there was a fire in Pestigo, WI at the same time. it was so fierce that it jumped the bay to door county and continued to burn. The streets were made of sawdust and it dried up the river that everyone had sought to find shelter in. we call it the "Forgotten Fire" because it was shadowed in the news by the Chicago Fire
Player #23994087
Mrs O’Leary’s cow. And now you know the rest of the story. (That’s the legend anyway).
bribiepete
KAITLYNMARIA, historically, UK has had disastrous fires. So sad 😪
Larissa
Just imagine how much pain the people that loved the people that died would have been in. 😔
Roxy/Angel
That is so sad!!!! 😔😔
CharismaticTrucker84
On the same night 250 miles north the Peshtigo Fire in Wisconsin happened. It is the deadliest forest fire in U.S. history. 1,200 + perished, 17 towns, 2 billion trees, 1,200,000 acres. Trees literally exploded from the heat. Had to let y'all know that.
Player #53946749
So sad 😞😭
Dorothy
I read about that event in a book.
little b
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Sazonone
Veronica, I lived in Chicago in the 70s and visited the new Water Tower with nice restaurants and stores and fun games
Sazonone
Roxana Ioana Costin, I lived I Chicago for 30 years. The new Water Tower building had already been built in Michigan Avenue.
Veronica
KN1V3Z, that is so sad 🥺
Veronica
B, i can,t imagine being in Chicago
Veronica
Chance , wow!!. I didn’t even knew about this.
Veronica
bushiri , that was sadness in many country of of sector of back back go
veer
Invader Bakhityar Khilji has burned the famous and knowledgeable Nalanda University which burned for 3 months straight in 12th century 😒
Player #120374466
What a horrible responsibility to live with. I know accidents do happen. Especially house and barn fires were more common in those days due to use of candles and oil laterns
bushiri
That was sadness in Many country of of sector of us back back go
natidaduck
northern Ireland? omg I'm right beside it!
Chance
wow!!. I didn't even knew about this.
Bigkev
NLadybug, that's old folklore, no actual proof, I grew up there and was told that same story.
tinker bell
I actually choose 2hours
B
I can't imagine being in Chicago
Daniel
It's deverstating to know what's going on in different countries.
Smaaaarty pants
yuri, agreed poor people 😢
RushMama2112
Enola, what a fascinating bit of family history. Glad your GGrandfather was so quick!
Enola
My family was in the fire. My great grandfather carried the kids a block, go back and get the trunk with their few belongings and carry it 2 blocks, then go back for the kids and kept doing that to outrun the fire.
I still have that camelback trunk.
I have several audiobooks that are about the great fire. I've read nonfiction about it. It's really interesting to read fiction too, that bring the dynamics to life while remaining historically accurate.
Billy
Fay Settles, what a great loss
yuri
this is so sad but it's worse in Palestine 😞
boris
yellow , sorry I don't speak matrix
boris
bribiepete, its not a competition
boris
Fay Settles, rather them be alive now?
EMJ
Oh My God!
Those innocent people!
Please accept their souls, Lord
Arianna
SAD😢😭
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Srirudra
So sad but a new thing to learn about history
bluey pie 2012 💙
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