Great Chicago Fire Crossword
Across
- 3. What remained of many buildings after the fire
- 6. Weather event that finally extinguished the fire
- 10. Group overwhelmed by the scale of the disaster
- 11. Cow owner blamed for starting the fire
- 14. Month the fire occurred
- 15. City devastated by the fire
- 17. Street where the fire began
- 19. Someone who saw the fire firsthand
Down
- 1. Body of water that helped stop the fire’s spread
- 2. Eyewitness who sketched the fire
- 4. Status of over 100,000 Chicago residents after the fire
- 5. Structure where the fire allegedly started
- 7. Another word for a massive blaze
- 8. Story about the cow that kicked over a lantern
- 9. What filled the sky during the blaze
- 12. Material that made Chicago buildings highly flammable
- 13. Weekly magazine that published Chapin’s account
- 16. What Chicago had to do after the fire
- 18. Natural force that spread the flames rapidly