The Great Chicago Fire as Reported By the Tribunes ‘The Ruins Issue’
An authentic and complete issue of The Chicago Tribune, October 12, 1871, never bound, untrimmed with very wide right & bottom margins. Like Chicago itself, it is miraculous that this issue survived. From the front page we have reports; RUINS,Seventy Dead Bodies Recovered From the Ruins, Persons and Property Guarded by the United States Troops, The City is in Charge of Lieutenant General Sheridan, Martial Law Proclaimed in the Burnt Districts, ..... The Great Chicago Fire burned October 8 to 10, 1871, in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago, with its frequent high winds and countless wooden structures, was prone to fires even before the “Great Fire” tore through the city. However, none were so destructive as this one. It ultimately killed 300 people and destroyed more than 17,000 buildings. Having been completely burned out of its permanent downtown building at Dearborn and Madison Streets, the Tribune set up a makeshift shop at No. 15 South Canal Street.
[ translate ]An authentic and complete issue of The Chicago Tribune, October 12, 1871, never bound, untrimmed with very wide right & bottom margins. Like Chicago itself, it is miraculous that this issue survived. From the front page we have reports; RUINS,Seventy Dead Bodies Recovered From the Ruins, Persons and Property Guarded by the United States Troops, The City is in Charge of Lieutenant General Sheridan, Martial Law Proclaimed in the Burnt Districts, ..... The Great Chicago Fire burned October 8 to 10, 1871, in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago, with its frequent high winds and countless wooden structures, was prone to fires even before the “Great Fire” tore through the city. However, none were so destructive as this one. It ultimately killed 300 people and destroyed more than 17,000 buildings. Having been completely burned out of its permanent downtown building at Dearborn and Madison Streets, the Tribune set up a makeshift shop at No. 15 South Canal Street.
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