Fall 1871: Chicago is a tinderbox ... in this interactive timeline and map. 1. Before the fire The Sunday morning sun rises on four city blocks destroyed by a fire that had burned through the ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- On the night of Sunday, Oct. 8, 1871, a fire broke out in or near ... Its site was the present—day site of the Joffrey Tower. Before the fire, the site had housed Hall ...

This Sunday is your last chance to see the "City on Fire: Chicago 1871" exhibit at the Chicago History Museum. Jamie Foxx Says Leonardo DiCaprio Stopped Reading ‘Django Unchained’ Due to Script’s ...

Across centuries and continents, formidable fires once threatened to destroy three major cities: Rome, London and Chicago.

While the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 reduced much of the city to ashes ... which were common before the Great Chicago Fire.

And it will be months — probably years — before the full story is understood ... from any involvement in the fire. Chicago and the Midwest, 1871 Chicago is the great American fire everyone ...

Chicago’s fire commissioners predicted the 1871 disaster, but the mayor and ... Its housing shortage, already a crisis before the fires, has now reached an emergency level.