The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 8–10, 1871. The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles (9 km 2) of the city including over 17,000 structures, and …

2006年2月6日 · For nearly one and a half centuries, the cause of the most notorious fire in U.S. history has been a source of "heated" controversy. Some researchers suggest that a disintegrating comet ignited the blaze. But the electrical theorists say that evidence most often ignored offers the best clues.

2012年3月29日 · There were five major fires that burned in the Midwest on October 8, 1871: the Great Chicago Fire, the Great Peshtigo Fire, the Holland Fire, the Port Huron Fire, and the Manistee...

The Comet and the Chicago Fire. For nearly one and a half centuries, the cause of the most notorious fire in U.S. history has been a source of “heated” controversy. Some researchers suggest that a disintegrating comet ignited the blaze. But the electrical theorists say that evidence most often ignored offers the best clues.

2013年6月12日 · New research lends credence to an alternative explanation [for the Great Chicago Fire of 1871]: The fire, along with less-publicized and even more deadly blazes the same night in upstate Wisconsin and Michigan, was the result of …

Author Marc Roland’s theory is that the fragments of Comet Biela may have caused a meteor shower, setting off the fires. It was a hot, dry and windy autumn day, which also contributed to the disaster. The Chicago Fire Department had only 17 horse-drawn steam engines and 185 firefighters to handle the entire city.

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Peshtigo sits in the center of a region about 200 miles due north of Chicago that was destroyed by fire on the same night. It is possible that the Peshtigo fire is not well known because they did not have the benefit of the Chicago Tribune to dramatize it.

He said it was Comet Biela, a comet that captured attention from astronomers in 1826, returned for a few predictable visits, broke into two nuclei, and then disappeared. The comet was named after Austrian officer W. von Biela, who observed the body in February 1826.

2004年3月11日 · Dr. Bob Wood - Retired physicist explains his theory of the cause of the great Chicago Fire of 1871