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The death toll estimate was 300 from the Great Chicago Fire.
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The 300 people that died and the 100,000 that were made homeless were involved with the Chicago Fire. Joseph Medill became the new mayor.
100,000 people
That lots of people died in the fire.
So great because so many people became homeless, or even died. The fire got big quickly because the buildings were made of wood, so it was way more flammable. But the greatest part was that Chicago was rebuilt into a world class city. It became home to the skyscraper and a beautiful waterfront.
According to official records, nobody died in the fire.
After two days, rain began to fall. On the morning of October 10, 1871, the fire died out leaving complete devastation in the heart of the city.
No, unbelievably only about six people died in total.
They used water from the River Thames but the fire eventually died by itself when it ran out of buildings to burn.
Around half of London was destroyed, but only 6 people died.