Chicago in 1871 was a city ready to burn and the author Jim Murphy showed all the reasons why Chicago suffered the death rays of heat.
First of all, most of the buildings were made up of wood. Wood is flammable and can make fire spread very easily. Almost every sidewalk in Chicago was made of wood as well, which would help out the fire. Some the buildings were made of stone though like factories, restaurants, and other buildings in the windy city but, they had a lot of flammable things in them too. Second of all, a bunch of the lower class people had barns for their animals. The barns would of course have their animals but, the barns were where most of the people would store their coal and hay. The coal was stored in the barns because they
First of all, most of the buildings were made up of wood. Wood is flammable and can make fire spread very easily. Almost every sidewalk in Chicago was made of wood as well, which would help out the fire. Some the buildings were made of stone though like factories, restaurants, and other buildings in the windy city but, they had a lot of flammable things in them too. Second of all, a bunch of the lower class people had barns for their animals. The barns would of course have their animals but, the barns were where most of the people would store their coal and hay. The coal was stored in the barns because they