Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "The Great Chicago Fire of 1871" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Chicago Fire, fire, Great Chicago Fire, Mrs. O'Leary
Use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results. To narrow your results for this topic, search between October 9-19, 1871.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Another Terrible Conflagration In Chicago"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), October 9, 1871, Page 1, Image 1, col. 5.
"An Awful Calamity!"
The Evening Star (Washington, DC), October 9, 1871, Page 1, Image 1, col. 4.
"Chicago in Ashes"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), October 10, 1871, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1-5.
"Dies Iræ!"
Nashville Union and American (Nashville, TN), October 10, 1871, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1-4.
"A Doomed City"
The Charleston Daily News (Charleston, SC), October 10, 1871, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1-2.
"Chicago Destroyed!"
The Sun (New York, NY), October 10, 1871, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1-5.
FIRE! Destruction of Chicago!
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL), October 11, 1871, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"The Chicago Calamity"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), October 11, 1871, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1-4.
"Stricken Chicago"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), October 12, 1871, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"The Great Fire"
The Evening Star (Washington, DC), October 12, 1871, Page 1, Image 1, col. 5.
"Chicago"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), October 17, 1871, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1-5.
"Was the Great Fire of Chicago the Work of Thieves?"
Nashville Union and American (Nashville, TN), October 19, 1871, Page 2, Image 2, col. 2-3.
"That Kicking Cow"
Nashville Union and American (Nashville, TN), November 11, 1871, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1-2.

Great Chicago Fire of 1871: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America