In 1871 the Chicago fire burned for a 2 day span. The fire went from October 8 until October 10. Nobody is really sure exactly how it was casue, but their has been a few different ways thrown around as to how it started or who started it. The main Conspiracy is that a lantern was knocked over and started a barn on fire. The fire was easily spread becasue the condidtions were so dry it allowed everthing to burn very easily. People guessed that the fire was started at the property of Patrick and Catherine O'leary. The fire grew quckly and spread north very easily. The fire killed nearly 300 people and casued around 200 million dollars in damage. It was extremely easy for the fire to build because nearly everthing was made of wood. That reason helped spark the use of more concrete and steel.
However, the O'leary family heavily denies that they started the fire. Even though the fire is considerd to be undetermined most people believe that the fire was started because of the O'leary farm incident. It is also easy to believe it was them because their barn is nearly exactly where the farm started.
In my opinion I do believe that the fire was started due to a farm starting on fire because it all makes sense that that is exactly where the fire came from. However I do not think that their is any exact way to know that it started due specifically to a lantern falling over.
Do you think that the fire was started due to a barn catching fire?
How do you think that the fire was started?
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I bet it was started because of a barn because back then people had horses and they needed somewhere for horses to stay so that means barns were popular back then. I bet they had like a lamp/candle so that they could see. I think the fire from the candle was set on some sort of flammable thing which started it on fire.
I agree with you Kody that it started from the barn. I also agree that the fire was started with something flammable.
I think that it could be possible that the fire was started due to a barn catching fire but I am not for sure. I think that the fire started because of an electrical issue or something like that because they might not have known the fire hazards of electricity back then.
That is a very good point, it could have easily been something relating to electricity because way back in the day they were not as good at keeping an eye on stuff like that and they didn't have near the technology to keep track of it.
I think that there were probably a lot of reasons why the fire started. Lots of builidngs back then were built out of wood and everything was over crowded, anything could've set the city on fire. I'm guessing multiple people started fires on accident, and it just got too big to control.
I agree with you Ava, since nearly everthing back then was flammable becasue it was all made of wood it is very easy from something to catch fire. I agree that is probably also just got out of control and they didn't have good enough equipmen to try to stop the fire.
I believe that it could have started from anywhere but no ones willing to own up for it because of the severity of the fire but it seem like the barn fire idea probably makes the most since. The most interesting part is how they knew where it could have started for technology they had back then its impressive.
I totally agree with that beacuse I wouldn't want the entire city of Chicago to hate me because that would be terrible. I also agree that the barn fire is the most logical reasoning for the fire but no one will know exactly how the fire started.
It very well couild have started from a barn starting on fire, becuase most barns i have been in there have been flamible things in there, and there are also thing that can catch fire real quick. and spread even faster. I personaly think that it was started from a barn fire from the O'leary family even though they deny that they they did i think.
I agree with you becasue if I were the O'learys I probably wouldn't admit to it either. I agree also because nearly everything in barns back then was flammable because it was all made of wood and was very easy to spread.
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