sands of people fled to the safe haven, of the beaches and shores along the edge of Lake Michigan. By Monday newspapers from all over were reporting the caustic disaster. Many artists began illustrating the devastating effect of the fire. Alfred R. Waud and Ralph Keeler, boarded a train for Chicago to cover the story for Every Saturday, A Illustrated Journal of America (p. 2). They arrived while the flame was still ablaze in some parts of the city. By midnight October 8, most of the city was engulfed in flames causing the sky above the city to dance with burning brands and hot coals stretched for hundreds of yards. The steady wind blew the amber colored coals to buildings still far from the portion of the city devastated by the advancing front of the fire. A fireman's account examines the condition of the city, "You couldn't see anything over you by fire ... No clouds, no stars, nothing else but fire." (p. 57) As the city grew aware of the circumstances they began fleeing the town, heading toward the o

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Approximate Word count = 684
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)