Over the span of just a few days in October 1871, the Great Chicago Fire devastated the city, claiming the lives of more than 300 people and leaving over 100,000 residents homeless.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- On the night of Sunday, Oct. 8, 1871, a fire broke out in or ... It of course became known as the Great Chicago Fire. Firsthand accounts of the fire were colorful and horrific.

Chicago’s remarkable renewal after its own disaster offers reassurance and lessons for how Los Angeles can recover.

Fall 1871: Chicago is a tinderbox ... Over time, her alleged role in the Great Fire passes into legend. In 1997 the Chicago City Council will pass a resolution that finally absolves Mrs ...

The Great Michigan Fire, also with an unconfirmed death toll, is believed to have claimed more than 500 lives, according to ...

In the era when American cities regularly caught fire, the widespread destruction seeded what looks, in retrospect, like ...

In regions where fire is a natural phenomenon, organisms have adapted to cope with periodic fires. Terrestrial mammals and ...

THE tercentenary of the Great Fire of London ... Atallah 1 compares the London fire with that at Hamburg during the Second World War and with the Chicago fire of 1871. He states that the low ...

Inspired by "the story and spirit of Chicagoans," the new badge’s imagery reflects a key moment in the Windy City’s history, the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 that laid the foundations for the ...

Combined, they've caused at least $10 billion in damage, at least 24 deaths and destruction ... fire in the U.S. was the Great Chicago Fire, which started on Oct. 8, 1871. The famous Mrs. O ...