Poll | 1871: Chicago Fire Damaged Buildings. What caused these damages?

• The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 8–10, 1871.
• The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles of the city, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless.
• The fire began in a neighborhood southwest of the city center. A long period of hot, dry, windy conditions, and the wooden construction prevalent in the city led to the conflagration.

KorbenDallas said:

Ran into a couple of interesting photographs depicting buildings damaged by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. That is per the PTB, of course.

• The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 8–10, 1871.
• The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles of the city, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless.
• The fire began in a neighborhood southwest of the city center. A long period of hot, dry, windy conditions, and the wooden construction prevalent in the city led to the conflagration.

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KD: What do you think destroyed these buildings?

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jd755 said:

Site is available here. Chock full of photographs and photographs of artifacts.
bldg51

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AlgulSiento said:

Can’t find those photographs on the mentioned Bldg51 site. Can you provide a link?

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