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“ A City Ready To Burn”
On October 8,1871, Chicago, Illinois was a city ready to burn. In 1871 according to Jim Murphy’s research in his book “The Great Fire,” Chicago, Illinois was a city ready to burn. First, of all ⅔ of 59,000 buildings were made of wood. The roads, sidewalks, beds, building, houses, etc… It was easier for the fire to hit Chicago. Then, there were also previous fires. There were previous fires because in the summer the grass was really hot. The weather made the city burn because it was really hot. When it started to fire. It rained like 1 week after. It was difficult to sound the alarm of the fire. It was hard to sound the alarm because it was three blocks away. The fire caught them

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