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Reporting the two big fires in 1871...



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October 18, 1871

DAILY ALTA CALIFORNIA, San Francisco, Oct. 18, 1871 

* Great Chicago fire of 1871
* Peshtigo, Wisconsin fire disaster


The front page has column heads on recovery from the Chicago Fire, as well has the big fire in: "Wisconsin" "The Great Holocaust of Fire" "Hundreds of People Perish in the Flames' "Towns & Villages Swept Away" "Peshtigo In Ruins".
Four pages, large folio size, mounting paper at the blank spine margins, nice condition.

Category: Post-Civil War