The tragict fire on suday October 8, 1871, better know as the Chicago fire. A little after nine o'clock behaind Mr. and Mrs. O' Leary home in there barn was were the fire took place. Their home located on the City in the West side at 137 De Koven Street. The devestating fire damage approximated three an one thrird square miles in size. Property valued $192,000,000 was destroyed, 100,000 people were left homeless an 300 lost their lives. The blaze quickly spread East and North wooden houses, commercial and industrial duildings and private mansions were all consume in that fire. It was so tragict that all the floor wood on Mrs. O'Leary didnt help the fire just ran even faster then it was expected. The next day October 9, the expeculations of the journalisim started and one of them was The Evening Journal which it was a news paper back then, they claimed on October 9, 1871, that the fire was caused by a cow kicking over a lamp in a stable in which Mrs. O'Leary was milking here cow. Their's was even several drawing's like that one but not nice nor polite pictures the drawing was entitled somewhat. erroneously. Onother Mrs. O'Leary gained instant but unwanted fame after the Chicago Fire. This picture at least portrays her.
In November and December of 1871 the Police and Fire Commissioners held an inquiry. The purpose of this investigation was to determine, among other things, the cause of the fire. The board interviewed around fifty people, including Mr. and Mrs. O'Leary. A shorthand reporter took down over 1100 pages of handwritten testimony despite all this, the board members failed to ascertain the fire's cause, stating merely in their report that whether it originated from a spark blown from a chimney on that windy night, or was set on fire by human agency, they were unable to determine. So did Mrs. O'Leary and her cow cause the fire.
Chicago real estate records,The attempts to stop the fire were unsuccessful. The mayor had even called surrounding cities for help, but by that point the fire was simply too large to contain. When the fire destroyed the waterworks, just north of the Chicago River, the city's water supply was cut off, and the firefighters were forced to give up.The attempts to stop the fire were unsuccessful but by that point the fire was simply too large to contain.
Their were several materials that provided powerful evidence that the latter may be the case. Furthermore these same records provide a fascinating theory as to what really did cause the fire after all that pain and devasteting trauma finally Only a coulpe years ago Mrs. O'Leary's cow's and Mrs. O'Leary here self got exonerated a fireman said it was a nasty fire but not a particularly a bad one. Their were seven factors that got Mrs. O'Leary exonerated but one of the most important fact was that Mrs. O'leary ran a milk business in her neighborrhood in her barn were five cows a calf and a horse in the barn were also at least two tons of hay and and two tons of coal and most important the property of the O'Leary was not insured had she been in the barn when the fire broke out, it seems unreasanable that she would have run back into her home and allow her property to go in fire she would have cried for help and attempted to extinguish what was then just a minor barn fire and save the building and its contents It also dind'nt help that her barn was all made of wood that make fire just fly and burn everything even faster.
The comunity were very upset, devestated and confuse about everything but most importantsad for the lost of not only their propertis but for threir hard work with their barns and animals. Confuse because is not easy just bleming some one with enoght evidence which not everyone was traing to do, and the one jurnalist that did published really bad things about Mrs. O'Leary and her cow had to retrive everything he said a year later.
The tragict fire on suday October 8, 1871, better know as the Chicago fire. A little after nine o'clock behaind Mr. and Mrs. O' Leary home in there barn was were the fire took place. Their home located on the City in the West side at 137 De Koven Street. The devestating fire damage approximated three an one thrird square miles in size. Property valued $192,000,000 was destroyed, 100,000 people were left homeless an 300 lost their lives. The blaze quickly spread East and North wooden houses, commercial and industrial duildings and private mansions were all consume in that fire. It was so tragict that all the floor wood on Mrs. O'Leary didnt help the fire just ran even faster then it was expected. The next day October 9, the expeculations of the journalisim started and one of them was The Evening Journal which it was a news paper back then, they claimed on October 9, 1871, that the fire was caused by a cow kicking over a lamp in a stable in which Mrs. O'Leary was milking here cow. Their's was even several drawing's like that one but not nice nor polite pictures the drawing was entitled somewhat. erroneously. Onother Mrs. O'Leary gained instant but unwanted fame after the Chicago Fire. This picture at least portrays her.
In November and December of 1871 the Police and Fire Commissioners held an inquiry. The purpose of this investigation was to determine, among other things, the cause of the fire. The board interviewed around fifty people, including Mr. and Mrs. O'Leary. A shorthand reporter took down over 1100 pages of handwritten testimony despite all this, the board members failed to ascertain the fire's cause, stating merely in their report that whether it originated from a spark blown from a chimney on that windy night, or was set on fire by human agency, they were unable to determine. So did Mrs. O'Leary and her cow cause the fire.
Chicago real estate records,The attempts to stop the fire were unsuccessful. The mayor had even called surrounding cities for help, but by that point the fire was simply too large to contain. When the fire destroyed the waterworks, just north of the Chicago River, the city's water supply was cut off, and the firefighters were forced to give up.The attempts to stop the fire were unsuccessful but by that point the fire was simply too large to contain.
Their were several materials that provided powerful evidence that the latter may be the case. Furthermore these same records provide a fascinating theory as to what really did cause the fire after all that pain and devasteting trauma finally Only a coulpe years ago Mrs. O'Leary's cow's and Mrs. O'Leary here self got exonerated a fireman said it was a nasty fire but not a particularly a bad one. Their were seven factors that got Mrs. O'Leary exonerated but one of the most important fact was that Mrs. O'leary ran a milk business in her neighborrhood in her barn were five cows a calf and a horse in the barn were also at least two tons of hay and and two tons of coal and most important the property of the O'Leary was not insured had she been in the barn when the fire broke out, it seems unreasanable that she would have run back into her home and allow her property to go in fire she would have cried for help and attempted to extinguish what was then just a minor barn fire and save the building and its contents It also dind'nt help that her barn was all made of wood that make fire just fly and burn everything even faster.
The comunity were very upset, devestated and confuse about everything but most importantsad for the lost of not only their propertis but for threir hard work with their barns and animals. Confuse because is not easy just bleming some one with enoght evidence which not everyone was traing to do, and the one jurnalist that did published really bad things about Mrs. O'Leary and her cow had to retrive everything he said a year later.