Search Results: Returned 9 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 9
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1989, Juvenile, Lucent Call No: 977.3 11041 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: World disastersSummary Note: An account of the fire that raged for twenty-four hours over much of Chicago in October 1871, destroying property and homes and killing at least 300 people.
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2002., Pre-adolescent, Chelsea House Publishers Call No: 977.3 11041 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Great disasters, reforms and ramifications
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c1995., Juvenile, Scholastic Inc. Call No: 977.3 11041 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Through historical research and personal accounts of survivors, recounts the drama of the fire that devastated Chicago in 1871.
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c1995., Juvenile, Scholastic Inc. Call No: 977.3 MURPHY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Photographs and text, along with personal accounts of actual survivors tell the story of the great fire of 1871 in Chicago.
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c1995., Juvenile, Scholastic Inc. Call No: 977.3 11041 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Photographs and text, along with personal accounts of actual survivors tell the story of the great fire of 1871 in Chicago.
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2006, 1995., Juvenile, Scholastic Inc. Call No: 977.31 MUR Edition: 1st Trade pap. ed., Oct. 2006. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An account of the Great Chicago Fire combines archival photographs and drawings with personal accounts by its survivors and historical documents.
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[2016], Juvenile, Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House Call No: 977.3 Pas Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: What Is?Summary Note: "Did the Great Chicago Fire really start after a cow kicked over a lantern in a barn? Find out the truth in this addition to the What Was? series. On Sunday, October 8, 1871, a fire started on the south side of Chicago. A long drought made the neighborhood go up in flames. And practically everything that could go wrong did. Firemen first went to the wrong location. Fierce winds helped the blaze jump the Chicago River twice. The Chicago Waterworks burned down, making it impossible to fight the fire. Finally after two days, Mother Nature took over, with rain smothering the flames. This overview of a stupendous disaster not only covers the fire but explores the whole history of fire fighting"--