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#53 Holy Name Cathedral, left, and St. James Episcopal Church, right, lay in ruins after the Great Chicago Fire in 1871.

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#53 Holy Name Cathedral, left, and St. James Episcopal Church, right, lay in ruins after the Great Chicago Fire in 1871.

The Great Chicago Fire 1871: Historical Photos that Depict the Destruction caused by the Great Disaster

#53 Holy Name Cathedral, left, and St. James Episcopal Church, right, lay in ruins after the Great Chicago Fire in 1871.

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←#52 Flames razed the stores and hotels along North Wabash and Michigan avenues and left the shell of the Illinois Central station in the background after the Great Chicago Fire in 1871.
#54 “Map Showing the Burnt District in Chicago” shows the level of destruction of the 1871 Great Chicago Fire.→

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