ts qid tag query limit http total_hits n_hits bales_frags err 2026-09-14T06:45:18Z q0001 probe "Kate the barn is afire" OR "loosened them as quick as I could" OR "could not be got out of a fire" OR "keeper of the crib" OR "Steamer Little Giant" OR "Behind the Conclusions" 20 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T06:45:32Z q0002 probe "Kate the barn is afire" "loosened them as quick as I could" 20 200 2 2 5 2026-09-14T06:45:40Z q0003 probe "Kate the barn is afire" | "loosened them as quick as I could" 20 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T06:45:46Z q0004 probe "Kate the barn is afire" zzzzqqqx 20 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T06:48:41Z q0005 probe "Kate the barn is afire" OR "loosened them as quick as I could" 20 200 2 2 5 2026-09-14T06:48:47Z q0006 probe "keeper of the crib" 20 200 12 12 1 2026-09-14T06:48:58Z q0007 probe "sitting on the sidewalk" 20 200 6197 20 0 2026-09-14T06:50:34Z q0008 probe "loosened them as quick as I could" "Kate the barn is afire" 20 200 2 2 5 2026-09-14T06:50:43Z q0009 probe "loosened them as quick as I could" "Behind the Conclusions" 20 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T06:50:50Z q0010 probe "loosened them as quick as I could" "Behind the Conclusions" "keeper of the crib" "Steamer Little Giant" 20 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T06:54:03Z q0011 probe "Kate the barn is afire" "loosened them as quick as I could" "could not be got out of a fire" "keeper of the crib" "Steamer Little Giant" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T06:54:09Z q0012 probe "Kate the barn is afire" "loosened them as quick as I could" "could not be got out of a fire" "keeper of the crib" "Steamer Little Giant" "Behind the Conclusions" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T06:54:16Z q0013 probe loosen* 10 200 732890 10 0 2026-09-14T06:54:25Z q0014 probe "witness) Examination by" 10 200 47 10 3 2026-09-14T06:54:31Z q0015 probe "sworn November 25, 1871" 10 200 1 1 1 2026-09-14T06:54:43Z q0016 probe "Examination by Mr. Chadwick" 10 200 1 1 1 2026-09-14T06:54:56Z q0017 probe "12th witness" 10 200 38 10 0 2026-09-14T06:56:39Z q0018 heading "Sullivan sworn" 10 200 72 10 0 2026-09-14T06:56:56Z q0019 heading "Rau sworn" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T06:57:23Z q0020 heading "Musham sworn" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T06:57:41Z q0021 heading "Conway sworn" 10 200 33 10 0 2026-09-14T06:57:55Z q0022 heading "Schaefer sworn" 10 200 3 3 0 2026-09-14T06:58:10Z q0023 heading "Schimmals sworn" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T06:58:19Z q0024 heading "14th witness" 10 200 44 10 0 2026-09-14T06:58:24Z q0027 heading "2nd witness" 10 200 231 10 0 2026-09-14T06:58:25Z q0026 chain "myself and my husband" "do you live? DeKoven" "do you live? A" "do you live? A" "operator at the courthouse" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T06:58:31Z q0025 ordinal "14th witness" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T06:58:34Z q0028 heading "Daniel Sullivan" "November 25, 1871" "14th" 10 200 11 10 5 2026-09-14T06:58:41Z q0030 ordinal "2nd witness" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T06:58:50Z q0031 ordinal "3rd witness" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T06:58:59Z q0032 ordinal "4th witness" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T06:59:03Z q0029 chain "207 #22—John Tolland, keeper" "226 CATHARINE MCLAUGHLIN 228" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T06:59:06Z q0033 ordinal "6th witness" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T06:59:13Z q0035 ordinal "7th witness" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T06:59:20Z q0036 ordinal "9th witness" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T06:59:27Z q0037 ordinal "10th witness" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T06:59:36Z q0038 ordinal "11th witness" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T06:59:44Z q0039 ordinal "15th witness" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T06:59:51Z q0040 ordinal "16th witness" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T06:59:56Z q0041 ordinal "17th witness" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:00:02Z q0042 ordinal "18th witness" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:00:09Z q0043 ordinal "19th witness" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:00:16Z q0044 ordinal "20th witness" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:00:42Z q0034 chain "in bed myself and my husband" "Where do you live" "Where do you live" "Where do you live" "on oath, declares that" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:01:48Z q0046 B sidewalk "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:01:55Z q0048 B "in front of White" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:02:06Z q0049 B "one hundred and ninety" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:02:09Z q0047 chain "Brown? Q. Where do you live" "A. 134 DeKoven Street" "do you live? DeKoven" "xi Xii Table of" "witness Q. Where do you live? A" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:02:24Z q0050 B "line of sight" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:02:55Z q0051 chain "commissioners Q. Where do you live? A" "myself and my husband" "tun- nel, Tuesday, November" "the central office at" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:03:38Z q0052 B obstructed "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 500 -1 0 0 HTTP Error 500: Internal Server Error parse:Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0) 2026-09-14T07:04:15Z q0054 B blocked Sullivan "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 2 2 5 2026-09-14T07:04:39Z q0055 chain "side of DeKoven Street" "DeKoven Street.! Q. What is your" "What is your business" "SULLIVAN MICHAEL C. HICKEY" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:04:55Z q0056 B "Lot 19" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:05:17Z q0058 B "Lot 18" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:05:26Z q0059 B "Lot 12" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:05:27Z q0057 chain "witness Q. Where do you live? A" "commissioners Q. Where do you live? A" "when this fire commenced" "E. Fuller, night operator" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:05:32Z q0061 chain "Sunday evening, October 8" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:05:32Z q0060 B "Block 37" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:05:37Z q0062 chain "DeKoven Street.! Q. What is your" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:05:38Z q0063 B "Block 38" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:05:46Z q0065 B "east half" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:05:48Z q0066 chain "White’s house or head" "time of the inquiry" "Sullivan saw the smoke" "Mus- ham’s reference material" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:05:56Z q0067 B "could not have seen" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:05:56Z q0068 chain "Determining the Distance That" "lived across the street" "the street, walk past" "Sullivan testified that when" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:06:01Z q0069 B "Dalton's house" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:06:02Z q0070 chain "never claimed in ei" "side of DeKoven Street" "was a great big" "dray. I am a" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:06:10Z q0071 B "twenty-five minutes past nine" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:06:10Z q0072 chain "What is your business" "JAMES H. HILDRETH ROBERT" "left the house, and" "the alleyway is presumed" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:06:15Z q0073 B "half-past nine" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:06:16Z q0074 chain "AND PATRICK O’LEARY PROPERTIES" "Douglas A. Swanson diminished" "example, that after the" "witness Q. Where do you live? A" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:06:19Z q0075 B "8:30" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:06:28Z q0077 B "8:40" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:06:34Z q0078 B "8:45" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:06:38Z q0079 B "8:20" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:06:39Z q0076 chain "commissioners Q. Where do you live? A" "O'Leary House McLaughlin House" "them five cows that" "alarm telegraph, Tuesday, November" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:06:43Z q0080 B "his mother's cow" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:06:49Z q0082 B lantern Sullivan "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 2 2 5 2026-09-14T07:06:51Z q0081 chain "duty until 12:30 same" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:06:56Z q0083 B smoking Sullivan "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 2 2 5 2026-09-14T07:07:00Z q0085 B perjur* "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:07:06Z q0086 B lied Sullivan "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 2 2 5 2026-09-14T07:07:11Z q0084 chain "his location, stating that" "testimony, as any buildings" "likely the Forbes house" "depicted, the house clearly" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:07:12Z q0087 B "cover up" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 2 2 5 2026-09-14T07:07:17Z q0088 chain "height would have certainly" "20, 1871 Daniel “Peg" "William White’s property.’ Why" "argue that perhaps Sullivan" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:07:17Z q0089 B McDermott affidavit "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:07:23Z q0091 B "Mrs. White" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:07:29Z q0092 B feed cow Sullivan "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:07:41Z q0090 chain "almost certain that Sullivan" "you stand there? A" "house and in McLaughlin’s.”" "both sides of White’s" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:07:54Z q0093 B "Peg Leg" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 2 2 5 2026-09-14T07:08:03Z q0095 B "Louis M. Cohn" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 2 2 5 2026-09-14T07:08:04Z q0094 chain "Murray and Patrick O'Leary" "would have nonetheless obstructed" "the fire officials failed" "ultimately became the O’Leary" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:08:10Z q0096 B Ahern cow "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 2 2 5 2026-09-14T07:08:14Z q0097 chain "Allegedly Ran to the Barn The" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:08:16Z q0098 B "Copyright" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 2 2 2 2026-09-14T07:08:22Z q0099 chain "dray. I am a" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:08:25Z q0100 B "Library of Congress Cataloguing" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:08:31Z q0102 B "McFarland" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 2 2 5 2026-09-14T07:08:46Z q0101 chain "What is your business" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:08:57Z q0103 chain "witness Q. Where do you live? A" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:09:06Z q0104 chain "White did own land" "claims as to see- ing the" "barn rising above Dalton’s" "Mus- ham’s reference material" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:09:14Z q0105 chain "134 De- Koven Street" "in front of White’s" "tered the barn, the fire had" "never claimed in ei" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:09:21Z q0106 chain "the south side of DeKoven Street" "was a great big" "E: “After the Inquiry’—The" "side of the street" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:09:47Z q0107 chain "point that is two-and-one-half" "1871 FIGURE 51—THE ANNE" "Douglas A. Swanson diminished" "one made an alarm" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:09:54Z q0109 chain "DeKoven Street. Q. The house that" "DeKoven Note: Forbes's house" "horse, wagon, and harness" "#24—Denis J. Swenie, foreman" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:10:02Z q0110 chain "on duty until 12:30" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:10:09Z q0108 marker "[255]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:10:16Z q0112 marker "[257]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:10:24Z q0113 marker "[258]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:10:24Z q0111 chain "height would have certainly" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:10:33Z q0115 chain "in his testimony, Sullivan" "address the in- congruity" "realize that the Dalton" "house on it with exacting" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:10:33Z q0114 marker "[259]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:10:39Z q0117 marker "[260]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:10:46Z q0118 marker "[261]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:10:50Z q0116 chain "Louis Cohn.! riZ —Chicago" "lot line between DeKoven" "first broken through the" "mar- shals.'° Nonetheless, it" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:10:57Z q0120 chain "other side of the" "carrying on was in" "presumed to be a" "20' 30' 40' 50' scale" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:11:04Z q0119 marker "[262]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:11:07Z q0121 chain "have nonetheless obstructed Sullivan’s" "at this particular location.’" "Because of these ordinances" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:11:14Z q0122 marker "[263]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:11:14Z q0123 chain "the south side of DeKoven Street" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:11:38Z q0125 chain "the opposite side of the street" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:11:39Z q0124 marker "[264]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:11:45Z q0126 chain "the O’Leary- Dalton boundary" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:11:46Z q0127 marker "[265]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:11:53Z q0129 marker "[266]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:11:59Z q0130 marker "[267]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:12:09Z q0128 chain "As platted, DeKoven Street" "as an alley, running" "in front of William" "something that could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:12:14Z q0132 chain "Sullivan’s sons bought her" "utilizing Chicago real estate" "have been set back" "rear of his property" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:12:24Z q0133 chain "buildings to be destroyed" "erty; it was across" "across the street could not" "the case, then the" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:12:25Z q0131 marker "[268]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:12:32Z q0134 chain "Center of the Chicago" "subdivision in which the" "19 a year later" "he testified that after" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:12:51Z q0135 marker "[269]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:13:15Z q0136 chain "a “vacant lot” west" "if Mrs. Sullivan lived" "home on lot 21" "the half- lot on" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:13:15Z q0137 marker "[270]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:13:23Z q0139 marker "[271]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:13:40Z q0138 chain "records also indicate that" "was the other barn" "Leg” because of his" "have been almost half" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:13:46Z q0141 chain "tered the barn, the fire had" "never claimed in ei" "256 Said I, “It is time for me to" "was a great big" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:13:48Z q0140 marker "[272]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:13:54Z q0143 marker "[121]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:14:00Z q0144 marker "[122]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:14:05Z q0145 marker "[117]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:14:10Z q0146 marker "[118]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:14:10Z q0142 chain "the last fifteen or" "that between Clinton and" "Report of the Board" "that the fire started" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:14:17Z q0147 marker "[119]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:14:22Z q0149 marker "[120]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:14:29Z q0150 marker "[247]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:14:37Z q0151 marker "[248]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 2 2 5 2026-09-14T07:14:41Z q0152 marker "[249]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:14:48Z q0153 marker "[250]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:14:52Z q0148 chain "sists of the recollections" "then what was Schae" "1871 FIGURE 51—THE ANNE" "Douglas A. Swanson diminished" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:14:55Z q0154 marker "[251]" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:15:08Z q0156 markerQ "[255]" Q 10 200 2082870 10 0 2026-09-14T07:15:16Z q0157 markerQ "[257]" Q 10 200 1992908 10 0 2026-09-14T07:15:18Z q0155 chain "In this affidavit Sullivan" "published in the Tribune" "commissioners and marshals never" "witness Q. Where do you live" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:15:27Z q0159 chain "burnt? A. Yes sir. Q. On the" "hour, they were certainly" "DeKoven Note: Forbes's house" "coal and two tons" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:15:35Z q0160 chain "No. 14, Tuesday, November" "that might give testimony" "remained on duty until" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:15:36Z q0158 markerQ "[259]" Q 10 200 2010355 10 0 2026-09-14T07:15:46Z q0161 chain "carrying on was in" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:15:56Z q0163 chain "presumed to be a" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:16:04Z q0164 chain "wide and 118 feet" "appropriating a 15-foot- wide" "startling conclusions are revealed" "he used to go" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:16:07Z q0162 markerQ "[260]" Q 10 200 2113537 10 0 2026-09-14T07:16:14Z q0166 markerQ "[262]" Q 10 200 1995249 10 0 2026-09-14T07:16:42Z q0168 markerQ2 "[255]" Q "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:16:49Z q0169 markerQ2 "[257]" Q "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:16:49Z q0165 chain "probably did go to" "testify. ° Sullivan’s Testimony" "been set back as" "Finally, an eight-foot-high fence" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:16:55Z q0170 markerQ2 "[259]" Q "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:16:56Z q0171 chain "O’Leary, was only fourteen" "something and made for" "excuse the fire officials" "that Sullivan may have" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:17:02Z q0172 markerQ2 "[260]" Q "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:17:02Z q0173 chain "neighborhood. Musham locates Walter" "would have certainly blocked" "half of lot 19" "must have lived in" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:17:08Z q0174 markerQ2 "[262]" Q "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:17:13Z q0175 chain "the adjoining land to" "vacant, if Daniel Sullivan" "21, that he lived" "described as the west" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:17:15Z q0176 markerQ2 "[263]" Q "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:17:20Z q0177 chain "have been the middle" "only remaining Sullivan parcel—the" "of Jacob Schaller, Mary" "which was probably located" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:17:25Z q0178 markerQ2 "[264]" Q "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:17:25Z q0179 chain "of Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow" "tioning before the commissioners" "about twenty min- utes" "other side of the" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:17:32Z q0180 markerQ2 "[266]" Q "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:17:42Z q0183 chain "stream put on that. Catherine Sullivan" "the south side of DeKoven Street" "256 Said I, “It is time for me to" "had nothing on but his pants" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:17:44Z q0182 markerQ2 "[267]" Q "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:17:52Z q0184 chain "rope. Q. The door was here" "hand as you went in any quantity of" "keep account of it. I went" "wide was that alley? A. I do not know" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:18:05Z q0186 chain "high as that door. I sat" "city for the last fifteen or" "Was that between Clinton and" "of the board of police and" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:18:14Z q0187 chain "12th witness Q. Where do you live" "north side of DeKoven Street, fronting" "I can tell. I will tell" "Q. They were trying to put the fire out" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:18:24Z q0188 chain "every- thing that I wanted in" "November 28 #25—Alexander McMonagle, foreman, Steamer" "eve- ning. At 9:30 I received" "this subdivision. As platted, DeKoven Street" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:18:25Z q0185 markerQ2 "[268]" Q "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:18:30Z q0189 chain "for use as an alley, running" "as at least one neigh- boring" "easily be verified? He testified that" "the house and barn on lot 21 in September" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:18:34Z q0190 markerQ2 "[269]" Q "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:18:37Z q0191 chain "estate rec- ords, inquiry testimony, post-fire" "much as thirty-seven feet, Andreas would" "also may have blocked Sulli- van’s" "fire. It is possible that Forbes’s" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:18:39Z q0192 markerQ2 "[271]" Q "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:18:44Z q0193 chain "on the south side of DeKoven" "be verified or challenged by the" "and height of these buildings 118" "Historical Society, does not indicate the" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:18:45Z q0194 markerQ2 "[121]" Q "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:19:07Z q0196 markerQ2 "[122]" Q "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:19:20Z q0197 markerQ2 "[117]" Q "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:19:31Z q0195 chain "O’Learys lived were all originally 50" "the O’Leary house, he went next" "in September of 1870, Catherine Sullivan" "it is quite possible that one" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:19:39Z q0199 chain "Douglas A. Swan- son. 56. Daniel" "west half of lot 19 Figure" "barn located? Catherine Sullivan testified that" "leg. He apparently lost the original" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:19:47Z q0200 chain "Mr. McLaughlin had played his fiddle" "yet broken through the roof. Sullivan" "the affidavit or his testimony that" "quite possible that the fire started" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:19:56Z q0201 chain "firemen and “the statements of citizens" "doing for forty-five minutes? Why did" "at twenty or twenty-five minutes past" "See Figure 54. Like the O'Leary" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:20:03Z q0198 markerQ2 "[118]" Q "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:20:06Z q0202 chain "October 8, 1871 FIGURE 51—THE ANNE" "Diagram by Douglas A. Swanson diminished" "October 20. In this affidavit Sullivan" "affidavit was published in the Tribune" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:20:17Z q0204 chain "asked him who “every- one” was so" "good sleepers to sleep through a" "House BS DeKoven Note: Forbes's house" "happened on that Sun- day evening" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:20:24Z q0203 markerQ2 "[119]" Q "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:20:24Z q0205 chain "There wasn’t any stream put on" "twenty min- utes past nine to" "along. I was hollering and shoving" "off into stalls? A. No, only" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:20:31Z q0207 chain "hundreds of times. Q. Do you" "Q. Do you know when Dalton’s house took" "rear of it? A. Yes sir. Back" "other side of the street from" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:20:38Z q0208 chain "buildings should you think there was on fire then" "she came there. They gave it two or three" "O’Learys lived were all originally 50" "another or- dinance was approved, appropriating" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:20:41Z q0206 markerQ2 "[249]" Q "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:20:48Z q0209 chain "lens of this diagram, sev- eral" "telling the truth when he testified" "place” for their mother. Daniel Sullivan" "whether or not she would be available" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:20:49Z q0210 markerQ2 "[250]" Q "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:20:55Z q0211 chain "somewhat plausible that if Forbes’ house" "Sul- livan’s view see Appendix B" "O’ Leary barn which, according to" "close to the wall, I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:20:55Z q0212 markerQ2 "[251]" Q "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:21:00Z q0214 markerQ2 "Transcript of the Inquiry (Sullivan)" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:21:01Z q0213 chain "burned down. One might be tempted" "pervasive or non-existent throughout the area" "neighborhood. Musham locates Walter Forbes’ house" "would have certainly blocked Sullivan’s line" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:21:06Z q0215 markerQ2 "Transcript of the Inquiry (Regan)" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:21:11Z q0216 chain "half of lot 19 Figure 64" "White’s house, and William White owned" "of lot 18 the middle half-lot" "horses out. 18 and in another" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:21:27Z q0217 markerQ2 "Transcript of the Inquiry (McLaughlin)" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:21:34Z q0218 chain "O’Leary home. The west half-lot was" "Daniel Sullivan’s barns was on the" "brushed aside as easily as the" "sitting on the side- walk by" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:21:37Z q0219 markerQ2 "Transcript of the Inquiry (O'Leary)" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:21:48Z q0221 markerQ2 "Transcript of the Inquiry (Brown)" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:22:05Z q0220 chain "Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow the barn and thus" "tioning before the commissioners and mar" "suasively argues that the fire began" "the fire began much ear- lier" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:22:11Z q0222 markerQ2 "Transcript of the Inquiry (Schaefer)" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:22:19Z q0224 markerQ2 "Transcript of the Inquiry (Hickey)" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:22:19Z q0225 T2 hobbled "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:22:19Z q0226 chain "See Figure 54. Like the O'Leary" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:22:20Z q0227 chain "12th witness Q. Where do you live" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:22:24Z q0228 markerQ2 "Transcript of the Inquiry (Williams)" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:22:28Z q0231 chain "city for the last fifteen or" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:22:28Z q0229 T2 "No one knows what really happened" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:22:34Z q0232 markerQ2 "Transcript of the Inquiry (Hildreth)" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:22:37Z q0233 chain "Great Chicago Fire and the Myth" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 2 2 5 2026-09-14T07:22:39Z q0234 T2 pipe "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:22:43Z q0235 markerQ2 "Transcript of the Inquiry (Tolland)" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:22:43Z q0230 chain "east of his home and sat in" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:22:46Z q0237 T2 "wooden leg" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 2 2 5 2026-09-14T07:22:52Z q0238 markerQ2 "Transcript of the Inquiry (Musham)" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:23:01Z q0236 chain "Diagram by Douglas A. Swanson diminished" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:23:08Z q0239 chain "Daniel Sullivan’s barns was on the" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:23:08Z q0242 chain "October 8, 1871 FIGURE 51—THE ANNE" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:23:13Z q0240 T2 passageway "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:23:16Z q0243 chain "view of the barn.” Had the fire started" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:23:18Z q0244 chain "Jeffer- son? Between Canal and Clinton" "fronting south? A. Yes sir. Q. What is the" "board of police and fire commissioners" "the commis- sioners or marshals.!? It" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:23:23Z q0245 T2 "feet west" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:23:23Z q0241 markerQ2 "Transcript of the Inquiry (Rau)" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:23:27Z q0247 chain "Historical Society, does not indicate the" "leg. He apparently lost the original" "that these persons might be interviewed" "stated in a sworn affidavit that" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:23:30Z q0249 markerQ2 "Transcript of the Inquiry (Conway)" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:23:31Z q0248 T2 "feet east" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:23:32Z q0250 chain "that when he first saw the fire, it had" "high as that door. I sat" "home also burned down. One might" "later, at about 9:20 P.M. See" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:23:36Z q0251 markerQ2 "Transcript of the Inquiry (Schimmals)" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:23:40Z q0253 chain "witnessed the fire in its early" "wait for three quarters of an" "attested that he was at the O’Leary" "on October 20, about five weeks" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:23:44Z q0254 markerQ2 "Transcript of the Inquiry (Fiene)" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:23:44Z q0246 chain "wide and 118 feet deep. The" "o'clock, he saw fire in Leary’s" "this subdivision. As platted, DeKoven Street" "the block in an east-west direction" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:23:49Z q0255 chain "256 Said I, “It is time for me to" "had nothing on but his pants" "A. The door was here. c As I came" "ings there? A. I didn’t, because" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:23:51Z q0256 chain "Street, and southeast of the O’Leary" "Sullivan acquired another tract of land" "Douglas A. Swan- son. 56. Daniel" "west half of lot 19 Figure" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:23:55Z q0257 seed2 "I couldn't tell. I got excited" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:23:55Z q0252 T2 "feet from" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:23:58Z q0259 chain "testified that “I was in my own basement in" "during the party that evening, and" "post-fire photo- graphs, and other information" "home blocked his view. Sullivan testified" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:24:00Z q0260 seed2 "This is Jefferson Street" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:24:01Z q0258 chain "horses out. 18 and in another" "wide was that alley? A. I do not know" "reason why. I commenced to get" "in other buildings. A. Yes sir" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:24:02Z q0261 T2 "total distance" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:24:07Z q0263 seed2 "No sir. I could not say. Q. What three" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:24:09Z q0262 chain "and his brothers “bought a place”" "1870. With two barns in the" "by McFarland. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGUING-IN-PUBLICATION" "Cover art: “The Cause of the" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:24:10Z q0265 T2 seconds "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:24:10Z q0264 chain "stream put on that. Catherine Sullivan" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:24:13Z q0266 seed2 "Almost every house" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:24:18Z q0270 seed2 "Where do you live? A. 134 DeKoven" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:24:18Z q0268 T2 "one minute" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:24:19Z q0269 chain "pervasive or non-existent throughout the area" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:24:19Z q0267 chain "much as thirty-seven feet, Andreas would" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:24:24Z q0272 T2 "FIGURE 54" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:24:27Z q0274 chain "five-foot alleyway. Sullivan’s lo- cation is" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:24:28Z q0271 seed2 "Denis Ryan" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:24:29Z q0273 chain "corner of Forbes’s home would have" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:24:30Z q0275 T2 "FIGURE 78" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:24:33Z q0277 seed2 "Regan" "Q." "Leary" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 2 2 5 2026-09-14T07:24:35Z q0278 chain "McLaughlin house house | DeKoven Street" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:24:38Z q0276 chain "half of lot 19 Figure 64" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:24:39Z q0279 T2 "FIGURE 64" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:24:44Z q0282 chain "of lot 18 the middle half-lot" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:24:44Z q0281 chain "possible that Forbes’s home also burned" "di- agram of the O’Leary neighborhood" "neighbors of the O’Learys, cannot be" "Sullivan to ex- plain why he" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:24:46Z q0280 seed2 "the first that I heard" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:24:46Z q0283 T2 "west parcel" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:24:50Z q0285 chain "Great Chicago Fire and the Myth" "statements made during Sullivan’s ques- tioning" "Leary’s place. I lived on the" "it was probably taller than the" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:24:51Z q0284 chain "Sul- livan’s view see Appendix B" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:24:53Z q0286 seed2 "woke" "Leary" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:24:56Z q0287 T2 "east parcel" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:24:56Z q0288 chain "130-31. Although Andreas per- suasively argues" "appears to be compelling proof that" "favor- able light. If the fire" "Michael McDermott that was published in" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:25:03Z q0290 T2 "contiguous parcels" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:25:06Z q0291 chain "earlier claimed in a sworn affidavit" "stayed there as long as from" "A man by the name of Regan" "west end of it. Q. They were shut" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:25:09Z q0292 chain "this subdivision. As platted, DeKoven Street" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:25:16Z q0294 chain "I have been there in Leary’s" "at the west end of it.!! Q. Do you" "it. Q. Did he have a barn in the" "Jefferson. Q. How many buildings should" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:25:17Z q0295 chain "Douglas A. Swan- son. 56. Daniel" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:25:22Z q0296 chain "there. I couldn’t tell what time" "build- ing? A. Yes sir. I do. Q. There" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:25:23Z q0293 T2 "In front of which" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:25:29Z q0298 chain "Jeffer- son? Between Canal and Clinton" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:25:30Z q0299 T2 "went next door" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:25:35Z q0300 chain "fronting south? A. Yes sir. Q. What is the" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:25:35Z q0301 T2 "not yet broken through" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:25:39Z q0297 chain "west half of lot 19 Figure" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:25:41Z q0303 T2 "through the roof" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:25:42Z q0302 chain "before O'Leary testified, and is reprinted" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:25:44Z q0304 chain "by McFarland. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGUING-IN-PUBLICATION" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:25:51Z q0307 chain "in Block 38 in this subdivision" "barn.” See “The Great Fire,” Chicago" "line. See Figure 54. Like the" "direction. Seven-and-one- half feet were taken" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:25:54Z q0306 chain "on lot 21, that he lived in a house" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:26:02Z q0309 chain "It might be fourteen or fifteen" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:26:05Z q0305 T2 "Regan and Sullivan" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 2 2 3 2026-09-14T07:26:09Z q0310 chain "12th witness Q. Where do you" "of the board of police and fire commissioners" "years.’ I guess the number is" "the commis- sioners or marshals.!? It" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:26:11Z q0311 T2 "Sullivan and Regan" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:26:16Z q0308 chain "and McLaughlin homes. But in 1871" "of William White’s house, and William" "land, lot 21. This lot was also on the" "on the only remaining Sullivan parcel—the" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:26:24Z q0312 chain "118 The Great Chicago Fire and the Myth" "indicate the source of his conclusions" "sight. Diagram by Douglas A. Swanson" "leg. He apparently lost the original" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:26:25Z q0314 chain "the rear part of my own" "and some historians have suggested that" "information from his- torical works on" "that while in front of White’s" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:26:32Z q0316 chain "place” for their mother. Daniel Sullivan" "would be able to keep both" "Chicago Fire Oct cu Bulkeley Compar" "as much as thirty-seven feet, Andreas" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:26:33Z q0315 chain "interviewed. Also, the transcript of the" "affidavit that when he went into the O’Leary barn" "that when he first saw the fire, it had" "PROPERTIES October 8, 1871 FIGURE 51—THE" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:26:41Z q0318 chain "high as that door. I sat" "home also burned down. One might" "later, at about 9:20 P.M. See" "stages.” He notes, for example, that" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:26:42Z q0317 chain "hay loft of 116 The Great" "entrance of this passageway to the" "claimed he ran can now be determined" "that Sullivan allegedly traveled would be" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:26:46Z q0319 chain "before calling down to Brown? Even" "home on the night of the fire: “Daniel" "256 Said I, “It is time for me to" "and his shirt, and this is the way he" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:26:47Z q0320 chain "hobble 193 feet, which is more" "to the barn, which was at the rear of" "was between the O’Leary/McLaughlin and Dalton" "barn on October 8, 1871, but" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:26:54Z q0313 T2 "started the fire" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 2 2 5 2026-09-14T07:26:55Z q0321 chain "A. The door was here. c As I came" "you because there was a little" "children out, and I couldn’t see" "were. Q. Doing their best to" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:26:59Z q0323 T2 "one-legged" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:26:59Z q0324 chain "Sullivan Notes 1. Chicago Title Insurance" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:27:00Z q0322 chain "of lot 19. See Chicago Title" "what would eventually be the O'Leary" "wood shavings. The hay or shavings" "it appears that although the upper" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:27:02Z q0325 T2 "feet wide" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:27:03Z q0326 chain "earlier claimed in a sworn affidavit" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:27:06Z q0327 chain "rear of the cow shed, and this" "boards, and he half fell over" "lost the original in a railroad" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:27:06Z q0328 T2 "feet to the" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 2 2 5 2026-09-14T07:27:06Z q0329 chain "at the west end of it.!! Q. Do you" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:27:09Z q0331 T2 "sidewalks" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 2 2 5 2026-09-14T07:27:10Z q0332 chain "it. Q. Did he have a barn in the" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:27:13Z q0333 heads "Transcript of the Inquiry (Daniel Sullivan)" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:27:14Z q0334 chain "line. See Figure 54. Like the" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:27:15Z q0335 chain "destroyed by the fire. It is possible" "or non-existent throughout the area that" "Musham’s monograph includes a di- agram" "as far as the Dalton house, a corner" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:27:17Z q0336 heads "Transcript of the Inquiry (Catherine O'Leary)" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:27:19Z q0337 chain "as much as thirty-seven feet, Andreas" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:27:20Z q0338 chain "Sullivan and Dennis Regan, who were" "commissioners and marshals never asked Sullivan" "Myth of Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow The" "made during Sullivan’s ques- tioning before" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:27:20Z q0339 heads "Transcript of the Inquiry (Patrick O'Leary)" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:27:23Z q0340 chain "White owned not one but two" "As platted, DeKoven Street was forty" "van sat in front of White’s" "Tribune, 26 November 1871, p. ie" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:27:23Z q0341 chain "O'Leary \ house \ ' | Murray" "Leary’s place. I lived on the" "it was probably taller than the" "Benner, In- quiry, vol. 4, pp" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:27:24Z q0342 heads "Transcript of the Inquiry (Catherine Sullivan)" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:27:27Z q0344 chain "Andreas provides what initially appears to" "fire department in a much less" "a sworn statement before Michael McDermott" "sat in front of White’s house" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:27:28Z q0345 heads "Inquiry (D. Sullivan)" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:27:29Z q0343 chain "White owned the adjoining land to" "south side of DeKoven Street, but" "half of lot 18, or the west" "by Douglas A. Swan- son. 56" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:27:31Z q0347 heads "Appendix B" "feet" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:27:32Z q0346 chain "A man by the name of Regan" "four cows tied. That was the" "bring feed. I knew where the" "The whole block from that to" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:27:34Z q0348 chain "the west half of lot 19" "build- ing, and one of my boys was out" "was forty feet wide. On July" "from the rear of the future" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:27:35Z q0349 heads "= the width of" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:27:36Z q0350 chain "could. Of course there was an engine" "Do you know that two-story new build" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:27:39Z q0352 heads "= the distance" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:27:39Z q0351 chain "fire, it is possible to graphically" "White’s house, “I saw a fire in Leary’s barn" "and the Myth of Mrs. O’Leary’s" "probably did go to the O’Leary" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:27:40Z q0353 chain "12th witness Q. Where do you" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:27:46Z q0355 chain "years.’ I guess the number is" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:27:46Z q0354 chain "her son’s horses on her own" "2002 by McFarland. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS" "Background imag ™ =A am |" "the O’ Leary barn = 192" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:27:54Z q0357 chain "determined, using the Pythagorean Theorem the" "be: 108.17 feet= the distance that" "one-half the length of a football" "of the O'Leary property. Indeed, he" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:27:54Z q0356 chain "Myth of Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow would be" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:28:04Z q0359 chain "the north or south side of" "number? A. 137. Q. Do you know" "The report of the board of police and fire commissioners" "is quite likely, though, that on" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:28:05Z q0358 chain "to the front of the O’Leary" "evidence seems clear that the fire" "Title Insurance Company records; Figure 63" "property. On this same day another" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:28:14Z q0360 chain "tive to the location of Forbes’" "sight. Diagram by Douglas A. Swanson" "leg. He apparently lost the original" "the in- quiry investigation and the" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:28:20Z q0362 chain "O’Leary barn, “he found the hay in the" "broken through the roof of the" "PROPERTIES October 8, 1871 FIGURE 51—THE" "high as that door. I sat" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:28:27Z q0361 chain "caught fire, and he immediately attempted" "of the barn door adjoining the" "Sul- livan sit?! Chicago real estate" "Chicago city directories for the years" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:28:27Z q0363 chain "home also burned down. One might" "later, at about 9:20 P.M. See" "stages.” He notes, for example, that" "worse, did the commis- sioners deliberately" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:28:36Z q0365 chain "home on the night of the fire: “Daniel" "reprinted in Appendix C. The commissioners" "256 Said I, “It is time for me to" "put up his hands and scratched" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:28:37Z q0364 chain "of the City of Chicago depicts" "barn still would have been obstructed" "Sullivan sit? As explained in Appendix" "depicts the di- mensions of the" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:28:43Z q0366 chain "A. The door was here. c As I came" "outside right up against the barn" "west half of lot 19, and that" "feet.! Q. The barn was in the rear" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:29:01Z q0367 chain "the barn. Furthermore, it appears that" "O’Leary home together at about nine" "the barn, somehow the fire started" "At the time the fire broke out, there was" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:29:07Z q0368 chain "couldn’t see anything but the fire. Q. Just about" "stop the fire. A. Yes sit. I suppose" "Title Insurance Company records indicate that" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:29:08Z q0369 chain "visiting the O’ Learys. If so" "excited. Q. It was filled with fire? A. It" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:29:14Z q0370 chain "or non-existent throughout the area that" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:29:17Z q0371 chain "alleyway. Sullivan’s lo- cation is presumed" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:29:21Z q0372 chain "of the first buildings to be destroyed" "Sullivan’s View of the Barn H" "the Forbes house was set back" "drawn from the statements of Daniel" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:29:27Z q0373 chain "lo- cation. It seems at least" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:29:28Z q0374 chain "a neighbor’s house. The commissioners and" "Myth of Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow The" "answers are the final statements made" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:29:37Z q0376 chain "place? A. I went across the" "at least two stories high, so" "In- quiry, vol. 4, pp. 130-31" "History of Chicago historian A. T" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:29:38Z q0375 chain "I stood up again, and I" "possibly two stories in height would" "as twenty or twenty-five minutes, sitting" "on was in the front of Leary’s" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:29:55Z q0378 chain "half of lot 19 Figure 64" "and sat in front of William" "of lot 18 the middle half-lot" "account of it. I went and got my horses" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:30:03Z q0377 chain "that potentially de- picts the fire" "O’Leary, Sullivan also gave a sworn" "livan” called him out of bed" "Daniel Sullivan testified that he sat" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:30:08Z q0379 chain "almost directly op- posite the O’Leary" "is quite possible that one of" "the subdivision in which the O’Learys" "property. On this same day another" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:30:14Z q0381 chain "White was still in the area" "Sullivan’s testi- mony through the lens" "livan’s view see Appendix B. Finally" "O’Leary barn that Sunday, he was" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:30:23Z q0382 chain "and his brothers “bought a place”" "Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow, first published in" "Historical Society’s Harry E. Pratt Memorial" "O’Leary passageway across the street +" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:30:31Z q0383 chain "Figure 54, total 90 feet. The" "108.17 feet. Therefore, the approximate total" "possible that Sullivan, hampered by his" "assume that Sullivan would have run" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:30:38Z q0384 chain "distance from the DeKoven Street en" "suddenly stretched out his legs as" "DeKoven and Clinton streets and seventy-five" "street. This resulted in a taking" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:30:45Z q0385 chain "previous chapter. While inside, he dropped" "strolling down the alley and stopped" "lot.” But in 1871 William White" "White’s “west parcel.” The reasons are" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:30:51Z q0380 chain "A man by the name of Regan" "furthest corner. b On this end" "herself, and I used to go" "thing that took afire was a" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:31:01Z q0387 chain "city used to make their home" "there any building on fire? A. Yes sir. The" "other houses as fast as they" "thought the world was on fire" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:31:07Z q0388 chain "PROPERTIES October 8, 1871 FIGURE 51—THE" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:31:12Z q0386 chain "Street prior to the time he was deeded" "Sullivan sat in front of a" "joining properties, a “west parcel” and" "distance to 193 feet.” An Analysis" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:31:16Z q0389 chain "ct stree On the south" "1871 12th witness Q. Where do" "anything about the fire? Where it commenced" "and fire commissioners, embodying the results" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:31:18Z q0390 chain "tered the barn, the fire had not yet broken" "scenario is not at all implausible:”" "few minutes before going home.”’ While" "the final analysis the most damning" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:31:26Z q0391 chain "hundred and thirty six, now.’ Q" "vember 25, 1871, the day Sullivan" "be irrelevant. But such a possibility" "Forbes’ home. Although Andreas’ History of" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:31:26Z q0392 chain "to go in there and bring feed.”" "portion. Q. What seemed to be" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:31:32Z q0394 chain "wide. On July 30, 1855, the" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:31:40Z q0395 chain "ie Finally, his sworn statement published" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:31:47Z q0396 chain "the east half of lot 19" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:31:49Z q0393 chain "sight. Diagram by Douglas A. Swanson" "leg. He apparently lost the original" "Tribune’s sum- mary of the proceedings" "loft on fire.” This affidavit was" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:31:59Z q0397 chain "half-lot. So where was the other barn" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:32:03Z q0398 chain "the barn. Furthermore, it appears that" "Q. You spoke of a party" "home also burned down. One might" "later, at about 9:20 P.M. See" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:32:03Z q0399 chain "Myth of Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow by" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:32:45Z q0401 chain "Chicago depicts improvements on Chicago properties" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:32:47Z q0400 chain "stages.” He notes, for example, that" "worse, did the commis- sioners deliberately" "home on the night of the fire: “Daniel" "never commented on this in- consistency" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:34:16Z q0405 chain "ct stree On the south" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:34:21Z q0406 chain "1871 12th witness Q. Where do" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:34:30Z q0407 chain "sight. Diagram by Douglas A. Swanson" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:34:33Z q0404 chain "separate tracts of land. These two" "Council of the City of Chicago" "order to enjoy the music. McLaughlin" "the October 20 Tribune is in" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:34:35Z q0408 chain "Lit- tle is known of Sullivan" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:34:39Z q0410 chain "the barn. Furthermore, it appears that" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:34:40Z q0409 chain "until it was after eight o’clock" "by Douglas A. Swan- son. 56" "five feet east of where her" "fire, it is possible to graphically" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:34:46Z q0411 chain "Q. You spoke of a party" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:34:47Z q0412 chain "White’s house, “I saw a fire in Leary’s barn" "back as much as thirty-seven feet" "Richard F. Bales FOREWORD BY THOMAS" "her son’s horses on her own" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:34:55Z q0413 chain "Sullivan testified, debris from the burned" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:35:10Z q0414 chain "2002 by McFarland. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS" "Background imag ™ =A am |" "the O’ Leary barn = 192" "determined, using the Pythagorean Theorem the" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:35:18Z q0415 chain "later, at about 9:20 P.M. See" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:35:28Z q0416 chain "be: 108.17 feet= the distance that" "one-half the length of a football" "of the O'Leary property. Indeed, he" "can be calculated as follows: 100" 10 200 0 0 0 2026-09-14T07:35:34Z q0418 chain "was not caused by Mrs. O’Leary’s" "63. 10. Mrs. Sullivan is probably" "from the rear of the future" "to extinguish the blaze. The fire" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:35:40Z q0417 chain "home on the night of the fire: “Daniel" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:35:48Z q0420 chain "commenced Sunday night, October 8th? A" "results of the investigation into the" "six, now.’ Q. Do you know anything about the" "possibility seems unlikely. The 1871 Tribune" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:35:53Z q0421 chain "of Chicago contains a diagram of" "the proceedings indicates that Mrs. McLaughlin" "published in the October 20, 1871" "O’LEARY PROPERTIES October 8, 1871 FIGURE" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:36:00Z q0422 chain "Wil- liam Lee claimed that after" "deliberately omit key testimony from their" "consistency. See “How It Originated,” p. 2" "256 Said I, “It is time for me to" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:36:12Z q0423 chain "he had a foot of lice" "A. The door was here. c As I came" "side of the barn, a little" "lived in a home on lot 21" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:36:22Z q0424 chain "feet.! Q. The barn was in the rear" "couldn’t see anything but the fire. Q. Just about" "stop the fire. A. Yes sit. I suppose" "indicate that Mrs. Sullivan originally took" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:36:33Z q0425 chain "was what started the fire.”’ Despite" "ing himself on his sound leg" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:36:45Z q0419 chain "was open, allowing for the full" "estate records indicate that Sullivan probably" "the years —Chicago Tribune, November 26" "properties; it also includes the addresses" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:36:53Z q0427 chain "by Dal- ton’s house. Why Walter" "and as il- lustrated in Figure" "O’Leary property and adjoin- ing parcels" "the barn. Furthermore, it appears that" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:36:57Z q0426 chain "seems equally clear that even if" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:37:04Z q0428 chain "nine o'clock, walked into the O’Learys’" "it happen? There are a number" "no reason for anyone to believe" "they leave the O’Leary home to" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:37:05Z q0429 chain "cause of the fire. The conclusions" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:37:10Z q0431 chain "either. These questions and answers are" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:37:12Z q0430 chain "all smoke and fire and flames" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:37:17Z q0432 chain "the sidewalk in front of your" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:37:21Z q0433 chain "slipped out from me, and I went down. I" "possibly two stories in height would" "White’s house for as long as" "on was in the front of Leary’s" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:37:25Z q0434 chain "appears that Dalton’s home was at" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:37:29Z q0435 chain "Sullivan’s lo- cation is presumed to" "of lot 18 the middle half-lot" "fire? A. I don't. I didn’t" "south side of DeKoven Street, almost" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:37:31Z q0436 chain "quiry, vol. 4, pp. 130-31. Although" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:37:35Z q0437 chain "bother to ask Mrs. O’Leary if" "Figure 54. When one examines Sullivan’s" "historian is silent as to its" "livan’s view see Appendix B. Finally" 10 200 1 1 4 2026-09-14T07:37:38Z q0438 chain "1, pp. 254- 55. Like Mrs" "loosened them as quick as I could" 10 200 1 1 2 2026-09-14T07:37:45Z q0440 chain "non-existent throughout the area that Sullivan" "Walter Forbes’ House Would Have Blocked" "and sat down in front of a neighbor’s" "Myth of Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow The" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:38:05Z q0441 chain "nine-thirty tocsin.? But in his History" "happened that Sunday evening, one that" "Although O'Leary testified that “Dan Sul" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:38:12Z q0442 chain "When Did the Fire Start? Daniel" "A man by the name of Regan" "corner. b On this end there was four" "evening, because my mother keeps a" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:38:19Z q0439 chain "claimed that he was not in the O’Leary" "Great Chicago Fire and the Myth" "Bales earned the Illinois State Historical" "White’s house to the en- trance" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:38:19Z q0443 chain "replied, “Not very rapidly. The next" "these young scoundrels living around the" "went and put water on, was there any building" "only just they were quenching the" 10 200 1 1 5 2026-09-14T07:38:26Z q0445 chain "telling you. I got so much excited" "opinion that someone emptied the ashes" "slipped in the O'Leary barn was" 10 200 1 1 3 2026-09-14T07:38:28Z q0444 chain "Figure 54, total 90 feet. The" "108.17 feet. Therefore, the approximate total" "possible that Sullivan, hampered by his" "that Sullivan would have run through" 10 200 0 0 0