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        <title><![CDATA[In the book After the Fire, the number given is 100,000. According to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the book After the Fire, the number given is 100,000. According to Wikipedia, 90,000 people were left homeless by the Great Chicago fire. Either way, the number was roughly 1/3 of the total population of the city, which was 300,000 at that time.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[This question has always been such a point of interest for me.  There...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This question has always been such a point of interest for me.  There was a TV show on not long ago that was working on debunking the story that the fire was Mrs. O'Leary's fault.  The guys built a fire about where the Sullivan's house was and put wood chips in small boxed areas to see how far an ember might fly and fall in order to begin the fire (thus putting the fault on the Sullivans and their party rather than the milkwoman and her...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Is there any proof that Mrs. O'Leary's cow did in fact start the Great...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Is there any proof that Mrs. O'Leary's cow did in fact start the Great Chicago fire?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[ After the fire, how many people were homeless?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ After the fire, how many people were homeless?]]></description>
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