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The Chicago fire...
The Chicago fire...
Item # 677071
October 13, 1871
THE DEMOCRATIC WATCHMAN, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Oct. 13, 1871
* The great Chicago Fire
* Rare mention of the cow & lantern
The two middle columns on the front page are taken up with some nice, coverage of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, with heads: "Ruins Of Chicago" "A Storm of Rain" "The Conflagration at An End" "Eight Incendiaries Hanged" "Over Five Hundred Lives Lost" "Thrilling Description" "Over $200,000,000 in Property Gone" plus there are various subhead throughout the article including: "Hanging Incendiaries to Lamp Posts" "Providing For the Homeless" "Frightful Scenes" "The Origin of The Fire" which retells the tale known to this day: "...a boy went into a stable on Devoken Street...to milk a cow carrying with him a kerosene lamp. This was kicked over by the cow...", plus more subheads.
Eight pages, great condition. Great to have this report entirely on the front page.
Category: Post-Civil War
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