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To: kingu

Could have sworn that fire in the 1800s in Wisconsin had over 1500 deaths.

7 posted on 11/13/2018 5:25:23 AM PST by T. P. Pole

To: T. P. Pole

Peshtigo Fire - correct - 1500 to 2500 deaths

10 posted on 11/13/2018 6:29:01 AM PST by model B (attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference -- Sir Winston Churchill)

To: T. P. Pole; model B

The Peshtigo Fire. October 8, 1871.

Coincidentally, the same day as the Great Chicago Fire (unrelated).

13 posted on 11/13/2018 8:16:47 AM PST by Deo volente ("Our Independence Day is at hand, and it arrives finally on November 8th." Donald Trump)

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