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Q: Who started the great Chicago fire?
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When did the great Chicago fire start?

The Chicago Fire started on October 8, 1871.


What started the Chicago fire?

The origin of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 remains unknown.


Do we actually know for sure who and how the great fire of Chicago started in 1871?

No. We do not know for sure who and how someone started the great fire of Chicago in 1871 and we probably never will since there are no eye-witnesses.


When did the great Chicago fire happen?

the great Chicago fire was first started on a Sunday evening between 9 and 10 on october 8 1871.


Why did Chicago fire of 1871 happen?

The cause of the Great Chicago Fire remains unknown, but is was not started by Catherine O'Leary's cow.


Who had the song about the cow that started the great Chicago fire?

Paper Lace


What was the name of the old lady that started the fire in Chicago?

The exact origin of the Great Chicago Fire is unknown, but it was not Catherine O'Leary and it was not her cow.


Was the lady that owned the cow that started the great Chicago fire Irish?

Mrs. O'Leary owned the cow near where the fire started. There was no proof that the cow started the fire.


What started the great fire of Chicago?

Legend insists that it was a cow that kicked over a lantern.


Chicago fire started in o'Leary barn in 1871 why are there firefighter still at the site today?

So Chicago never forgets the "Great" fire, the Fire Department Academy was built on the site.


Was there ever a city in the United States set on fire by a cow?

The traditional account of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 says it was started by a cow owned by Patrick and Catherine O'Leary kicked over a lantern in a barn and started the fire.


How did the Great Chicago Fire end?

The water turned it off. ((GREAT CHICAGO FIRE))