It had only rained 1 inch in

Chicago in 4 months. The houses, the trees, and

Everything in Chicago was the wooden sidewalks.
very dry.
The wind carried the fire and
the flames across the town
It was a very windy night
and across the river.

The city of Chicago was made The houses burned very

out of wood from the trees quickly since wood burns very
easily.
Stone does not burn very well
The Chicago Water Tower
so the Chicago Water Tower
was made out of stone
survived.

The businesses and houses in People in Chicago built their

Chicago were destroyed, but businesses and houses bigger
people didn’t give up hope and better than before
When the fire started the Since the firefighters were in
firefighters were sent to the the wrong place, the fire was
wrong part of town. able to grow very quickly.
Most of the city was made of Chicagoans ran towards Lake
wood so Chicagoans didn’t Michigan because they knew
have many places they could the water from the lake could
go for safety. protect them.
 The firefighters were tired
There had been fires every
from trying to put out so many
day of the week
fires
When the fire got to the
There were buildings that had gasoline and paint companies,
gasoline and paint along the they exploded and made the
river river catch on fire too.

The fire tornados would run

into buildings and throw wood
Spinning tornadoes made of
and roofs all over the town,
fire would travel very quickly
starting more fires.

A rumor started that Mrs.

People blamed Mrs. O’Leary
O’Leary’s cow kicked over a
for starting the fire, even
lamp in her barn and started
though this wasn’t true!
the fire
People around the world felt People around the world gave
bad for Chicago and wanted money, supplies and books to
to help them out the city to help them rebuild.
On Monday night the fire had
The rain helped put the fire
been burning for a whole day,
out.
but then it started to rain.