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FULL SCREEN         part 1 The Comet and  the Chicago Fire For nearly one and a hal cen- turies, the cause o the most notorious re in U.S. history has been a source o “heated” controversy. Some research- ers suggest that a disintegrat- ing comet ignited the blaze. But the electrical theorists say that evidence most oten ignored oers the best clues.  W ith the heat increased the wind, which came howl- ing across the prairie, until at last there arose a perect hurricane. Mighty akes o fre, hot cinders, black, stiing smoke, were driven fercely at the people, and amid the terrible excitement hundreds o them had their very clothes burned o their backs, as they stood there watching with tearul eyes the going down o so many houses”. —James Goodsell's  History o the Great Chicago Fire, October 8, 9, and 10, Published 1871 by J.H. and C.M. Goodsell. Sunday evening, October 8, 1871 marked the beginning o one o the most devastating fres in U.S. history. Legend has it that “The Great Chicago Fire” resulted rom an agi- tated cow kicking over a lantern in “Mrs O’Leary’s barn”. thunderbolts.info Picture of the Day February 6, 2006

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