The Chicago Fire: the Randolph-Street Bridge, 1871. 'Our front-page Engraving shows the scene on the Randolph-street bridge over the Chicago River, on Monday, the 9th October, when a multitude of terrified people - men, women, and children - were hurrying to escape from the burning quarter of the city, many of them carrying some articles of value, or personal property of a portable size and shape, or whatever seemed likely to be wanted for their personal comfort and for that of their families'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.
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