Cause And Effect Essay: The Great Chicago Fire

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What caused the Great Chicago fire to burn out of control? Well its not just one thing it was many mistakes adding one after another, although the after math of everything was kind of a new beginning . I know how does a fire that killed about 300 and left 100000 home less supposed to have a good ending well let me explain. The Great Chicago fire was out of control because all the errors and misunderstandings that happened. For example when William lee reached Golls drugstore to press the alarm box Bruno golls refused to hand it over with the claim he already saw a fire truck pass by, with no time to argue over the concern of his family William lee rushed back home in time to see the fire taking hold of his neighbors fence so knowing his house was about to catch fire he grabbed some valuables and food …show more content…

About a mile and a half away more mistakes were happening. Each fire house had a watch man who scanned the neighborhood at night for flames and smoke at night. But because of there drought going on added patrols had been organized to put out small fire and turn in the alarm box for bigger one. On duty at the courthouse that night was Mathias Schaffer. When some vistors pointed out the smoke to him he dismissed the sighting a quickly assured them it was just the embers from the preivous nights fire. Several minutes passed when Schaffer looked up and saw leaping flames he was fooled because the new fire almost directly behind the still flickering remenents of the Saturday October 7th fire. Schaffer couldn't find the exact location of the new blaze because of the distance and tall buildings so he sent his assistant to strike box 342. which sent the fire engines a mile away from the actual fire not only did this send them on a wild chase but when Schaffer found the actual correct location and ordered the box 319 his assistant William j refused to send it out claiming he was afraid it would confuse the situation

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