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What is 12 yrs. old
Claire Innes was this age during the Great Fire:
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Who is Claire Innes
A 12 yr. old girl who loses then finds her parents was:
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What is B) Destroyed
Much of Chicago got A)Painted B)Destroyed C)Refurnished
100
What is William Kerfoot's real estate office
The first buisness office open after the destruction of Chicago:
100
Who is Katherine O'Leary
This person is blamed most for the fire:
200
What is less than 100 people
Chicago started as a little trading post consisting of:
200
What is a reporter
Joseph Chamberlin was the _ for the Chicago Evening Post:
200
What is Jefferson St.
The fire started on:
200
What is 500 structures
At the end of 1871 there were _ structures of brick or stone:
200
What is overwork, no sleep, smoke
The firemen moved slowly not because of liquor but of:
300
What is more than 334,000 people
In 1833 Chicago grew to a city consisting of:
300
Horace White/Mr.White
The editor-in-chief for the Chicago Tribune was:
300
What is Madison St.
The Tribune building was located on:
300
What are fire relics
After the fire ended Children gathered melted and burnt pieces and sold them as:
300
Who is Societe Internationale
A group of anarchists were also blamed for the starting of the fire; who were they:
400
New York and/or Boston
Chicago rivaled east coast cities such as:
400
Who is Bruno Goll
This person owned the local drugstore:
400
What is Chicago Ave.
Waterworks was located on:
400
What is two dollars a day
Unskilled laborers demanded at least _ as their salary, after the fire:
400
What is The Queen city of the West or/and The Gem of the Prarie or/and The Garden City
Chicago's nicknames were:
500
L. Button& Son
The steam engine displayed in the book was created by:
500
Who is William J. Brown
The stubborn assistant (who refused to light box 319) was named:
500
What is 73 mi.
When the fire was burning on Tues. _ mi. of street was destroyed:
500
Who is Joseph Medill
The man who said,"More widespread, soul-sickening desolation than the mortal eye ever beheld since the destruction of Jerusalem," after the fire was:
500
What is a barn
The origin of the fire was in no doubt 137 De Koven in what:
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