Peshtigo Fire by Mario Lujan https://padlet.com/mlujan19/per5 1871, Peshtigo Wisconsin by Mario Lujan Per 5 en-us 2018-09-25 18:58:09 UTC 2023-05-21 17:07:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Xmastree.png When It Started mlujan19 https://padlet.com/mlujan19/per5/wish/285742980 The worst fire in american history  the Peshtigo Fire that took 1200 lives with it as it burned. Which has made it the worst fire ever.]]> 2018-09-25 19:06:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mlujan19/per5/wish/285742980 Where It Was mlujan19 https://padlet.com/mlujan19/per5/wish/285748297 The fire started in the state of Wisconsin on October 8, 1871.
]]> 2018-09-25 19:16:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mlujan19/per5/wish/285748297 Chicago Fire mlujan19 https://padlet.com/mlujan19/per5/wish/285752475 The Peshtigo fire was burning the exact same night as the Great Chicago fire. ]]> 2018-09-25 19:23:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mlujan19/per5/wish/285752475 What it Did mlujan19 https://padlet.com/mlujan19/per5/wish/286231861 The fire burned 1.2 million acres although it skipped over the waters of Green Bay to burn parts of Door and Kewaunee counties. The damage estimate was at $169 million, about the same as for the Chicago Fire.]]> 2018-09-26 19:26:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mlujan19/per5/wish/286231861 How Much Destruction It Caused mlujan19 https://padlet.com/mlujan19/per5/wish/286711547 The  destruction it caused was that in The story of the Peshtigo Fire, gleaned from survivor accounts and conjecture, is that railroad workers clearing land for tracks that Sunday evening started a brush fire which, somehow, became an inferno.
]]> 2018-09-27 19:10:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mlujan19/per5/wish/286711547 How Much Destruction It Caused (Continued) mlujan19 https://padlet.com/mlujan19/per5/wish/286714691 It had been an unusually dry summer, and the fire moved fast. Some survivors said it moved so fast it was "like a tornado."
The sudden, convulsive speed of the flames consumed available oxygen. Some trying to flee burst into flames.It scorched 1.2 million acres,although it skipped over the waters of Green Bay to burn parts of Door and Kewaunee counties.
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