Sometime around 9:00 PM on October 8, 1871 in or near a barn at 137 DeKoven Street.
The cause of the Great Chicago Fire remains unknown.
The Chicago Fire started on October 8, 1871.
The cause of the Great Chicago Fire remains unknown.
Illinois.
No it did not.
Nobody knows for sure if he DID start the fire, and he has not admitted to it either. He was originally on record as the first person to sound the alarm when the fire started. But later, in court, they decided he couldn't have seen the fire from where he was at the time the fire started. In October 1997, the Chicago City Council recommended that Sullivan be recorded as the person who started the fire, by accident.
It stated at the O'Leary's barn.
On Sunday, 8 October 1871.
On Sunday, 8 October 1871.
The Chicago History Museum is a great place to start.
In or near a barn at 137 DeKoven Street.
Sunday, October 8, 1871