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Hannah is writing an essay about the human errors that were made during the Chicago fire of 1871.

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It was at this exact site, in 1871, that a cow belonging to Irishwoman Catherine O'Leary was blamed for starting the Great Chicago Fire. Not much is known about 44-year-old Catherine (or Cate) and her husband, Patrick O'Leary, prior to that Sunday evening of October 8th, beyond the fact that they were Irish immigrants.

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