Was the Great Chicago Fire deliberately started to rid the city?
of squallor and slums to make way for building skyscrapers?
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No, I don’t think there was a conspiracy. Because even after the Fire, Chicago still had a lot of slums and poverty. The book The Jungle was written about the horrible working conditions of the Chicago slaughterhouses AFTER the Great Chicago Fire.
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no it was started by a cow tipping over a lantern in one of the buildings
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No, it was done to rid the city of piety-mouthing hypocrites, who try to warp the bible to support their hatreds.
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