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	Podcast:		Disaster Area
	Episode:		Episode 231: The Peshtigo fire
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		01:14:23
	Publish Date:		2024-03-06 17:00:00
	Description:		The deadliest fire in American history happened not in Chicago, but in a small Wisconsin town to the north of Chicago on the exact same day - October 8th, 1871. Videos: Watch now: The story of the tabernacle in the Peshtigo Fire Lake Michigan shipwreck; sank during 1871 Peshtigo Fire Articles and books: Firestorm at Peshtigo, by Denise Gess and William Lotz The Great Midwest Wildfires of 1871 Wisconsin Shipwrecks: The George L. Newman
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