Question

Travis is using the web below to organize his idea for his essay about the 1871 Chicago fire after reading The Great Fire by Jim Murphy.

A circle is labeled Great Chicago Fire. 3 circles are connected to this main circle. The first is labeled What happened? The second is labeled What were the causes? The third is labeled What were the effects?

Which detail belongs in the causes area of the web?

Trucks were initially sent to the wrong location.
Families lost each other in the panic.
The city rebuilt much of what was destroyed.
Many people lost their businesses and livelihoods.

Answer 1

Answer:

The Great Chicago Fire began on the city’s West Side, in the De Koven Street barn of Patrick and Catherine O’Leary, though it is not known what happened there. Vandals, milk thieves, a drunken neighbour, spontaneous combustion, even (though unlikely) the O’Learys’ legendary cow—any could have started that blaze, which roared out of control in minutes. Misdirected fire equipment arrived too late, and a steady wind from the southwest carried the flames and blazing debris from block to block. The slums became kindling for the downtown conflagration, where even the supposedly fireproof stone and brick buildings exploded in flames as the destruction swept northward. Only rainfall, the lake, and stretches of unbuilt lots on the North Side finally halted the wave of destruction on the morning of October 10.

Answer 2

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The Great Chicago Fire began on the city’s West Side, in the De Koven Street barn of Patrick and Catherine O’Leary, though it is not known what happened there. Vandals, milk thieves, a drunken neighbour, spontaneous combustion, even (though unlikely) the O’Learys’ legendary cow—any could have started that blaze, which roared out of control in minutes. Misdirected fire equipment arrived too late, and a steady wind from the southwest carried the flames and blazing debris from block to block. The slums became kindling for the downtown conflagration, where even the supposedly fireproof stone and brick buildings exploded in flames as the destruction swept northward. Only rainfall, the lake, and stretches of unbuilt lots on the North Side finally halted the wave of destruction on the morning of October 10.