A City Ready To Burn In The Great Fire By Jim Murphy

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“ A City Ready To Burn ”

On October 8, 1871, Chicago, Illinois was a city ready to burn. In the book, The Great Fire by Jim Murphy he shows factors like everything being made of wood which helped to cause a great monstrous inferno storm made of pure devil’s tongue ready to burn the city of CHICAGO!
First of all, you can tell the city is ready to burn by all the wood they have there. Two-thirds of every house, building, and factories are made of wood. I wouldn’t want everything made of wood we can all die the sidewalks and roads made of wood it’s just a disaster. I would never want my house made of wood.

Some people in the houses have flammable tar also shingle roofs that's very dangerous. Why would house's be made of tar it could catch on

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