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"The Stockyards Fire of December 22, 1910"

Curator's note: This piece by Rich Samuels originally aired on WTTW's "Chicago Tonight" program on December 22, 2004 as part of the "Chicago Stories" series. It documents the blaze in the Chicasgo Union Stockyards of December 22, 1910 that took the lives of 21 Chicago firefighters.

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