On Friday I was in math and my teachers said that we were going to watch a video I got excited because I did not want to do math that day. When she put it on it was about math it was about 1 hour long then they gave us a paper to take notes. They also said that we are going to be watching it for 4 episodes of it.
The Great Chicago fire happen on October 8, 1871 and lasted till October 10, 1871. On the day the fire started it was windy and since the whole city was made out of wood that made the fire go wild even more. There were so many building that burned there was about 17,500 building that burned down. The building that did survive the Great Chicago fire was st. Michael's Church, Chicago Water Tower, St. Ignatius College, and the Holly Family Church. As many as 300 people died from the Great Chicago fire and left over 100,000 people homeless. People that survived the fire had to jump into Lake Michigan. Sources: https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-started-the-great-chicago-fire http://news.lib.uchicago.edu/blog/2013/10/08/the-great-chicago-
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