| Y/M/D | Description | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1871/10/08 | The Great Chicago Fire ignites in the O'Leary barn at 137 DeKoven St (now 558 W DeKoven St, near S Jefferson and W Taylor St, the home of the "Pillar of Fire" sculpture and the Chicago Fire academy) | Chicago, Illinois |
| 1871/10/09 | The Great Chicago Fire burns down both Palmer Hotels. Palmer will immediately set to work rebuilding with a $1.7 million loan, believed to be the largest individual loan secured at that time. | The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago |
| 1871/10/09 | Theodore Thomas and his orchestra arrive in Chicago to begin a concert series, they discover that Crosby Opera House, where their concerts were booked, had been destroyed by a fire the night before. |
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