On Sunday evening, Oct. 8, 1871, a small barn on the west side of Chicago was consumed by a fire that soon spread to adjoining buildings. Fueled by flammable wooden structures and propelled by a hot, dry wind, the blaze ... .
The cause of the 5.29 p.m. fire, at 31 Franklin St., is not known but is not considered suspicious, Cassidy said Thursday. No one was injured ... The barn, which was built in 1871, was fully involved in flames upon their arrival.
But others remember the story of the 1871ChineseMassacre, when at least 18 Chinese Americans were killed in modern-day L.A ...Officials at a vigil to remember the Chinese Massacre of 1871, held on Thursday, Oct.