Chicago Newspaper Reporting “The Great Chicago Fire”

A complete and authentic issue of The Sunday Times, Chicago, October 8, 1871, never disbound, untrimmed, 12pp. From page three, column head lights, such as: ‘FIRE’, Terrible Conflagration, In this City Last , An Entire Town Destroyed With Loss of Thirty Live”, “Fearful Ravages of the Fire Demon ... Also shown on this page is a diagram of the fire’s advance in the City ... VG. Great Chicago Fire, The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed 17,000 structures across roughly 3.3 square miles, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless. On October 11, 1871, U.S. Army Lieutenant General Philip H. Sheridan came to the aid of the city. Chicago mayor Roswell B. Mason issued a proclamation that declared martial law and placed the city under Sheridan's temporary control.