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5 .7 P O S T WAR RECOl/ERV A N V G R A N T IS M 7 866-7 877
7877 CHICAGO FIRE
On Sunday 8 . OCT. 77 ^lA e Awept acAoAA Chicago & In I t had covered 3 m ile* &
reached th e new OOateA ToweA neon. Lake M ich ig an . The had out by th e
9 th , le a v in g 120 dead, 15,768 b u i l d i n g A d e A t A & damage estim a ted at $190 m illio n .
Main PO waA com p letely deAtAoyed & m all went out pen c a n c e lle d
Pen cancelled i t amp, no Chicago edi available,
iettea datdiud OCT 7877
Gen. Phil Sheddan on the 1c ’Reply Cahd’ pad o{ a 'Paid Reply C aid’ .
Gen. SheAldan had hlA V lA tA lc t HQ In C h ica g o , & w h ile th e waA A t l l l
AatlonA 4 AomSt.LoulA, & 2 companleA In^antAy Omaha to p A otect FedeAal b u lld ln g A .
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