The deadliest fire in American history happened not in Chicago, but in a small Wisconsin town to the north of Chicago on the exact same day - October 8th, 1871.
Videos:
Watch now: The story of the tabernacle in the Peshtigo Fire
Lake Michigan shipwreck; sank during 1871 Peshtigo Fire
Articles and books:
Firestorm at Peshtigo, by Denise Gess and William Lotz
The Great Midwest Wildfires of 1871
Wisconsin Shipwrecks: The George L. Newman
