Sunday, October 8, 1871 The Great Chicago Fire
The Great Chicago Fire devastates the city of Chicago. 3.3 square miles of the city were leveled, 300 people are killed and an estimated 100,000 people were left homeless. In addition the breweries of John A. Huck, Conrad Seipp, Lill & Diversey, Busch & Brand, J. J. Sands, George Metz and others were destroyed. Some rebuilt, some were gone forever.
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Associated Breweries
Lill & Diversey's Chicago Brewery of Chicago, Illinois, USAConrad Seipp Brewing Co. of Chicago, Illinois, USA
Huck & Schneider of Chicago, Illinois, USA
Blue Island Brewing Company of Blue Island, Illinois, USA
George Metz, Union Brewery of Chicago, Illinois, USA
J. J. Sands, Columbia Brewery of Chicago, Illinois, USA
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