THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE!!!

THE CHICAGO FIRE BEGAN ON OCTOBER 8, 1871. IT BEGAN ON DEKOVEN STREET IN A BARN. THE BARN WAS OWNED BY CATHRINE AN PATRICK O'LEARY. MRS. O'LEARY PUT A LANTERNE ON THE GROUND IN THE BARN NEXT TO A COW. THE COW GOT SCARED AND KNOCKED THE LANTEREN OVER AND IT STARTED ON FIRE. THE FIRE STRECHED BY FORCEFULL WINDS, THIS SMALLFIRE STRECHED INTO THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE. THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE WENT NORTH FOR 36 HOURS. THE WATER TOWER WAS THE ONLY BUILDING LEFT STANDING TODAY. YOU CAN FIND THE WATER TOWER IN DOWN TOWER.