1871 - Prolonged drought and dessicating winds led to the great Chicago fire, the Peshtigo horror, and the Michigan fire holocaust. Fire destroyed more than seventeen thousand buildings killing more than 200 persons in the city of Chicago, while a fire consumed the town of Peshtigo WI killing more than 1100 persons. In Wisconsin, a million acres of land were burned, and in Michigan, 2.5 million acres were burned killing 200 persons. "Tornadoes of fire" generated by intense heat caused houses to explode in fire, and burned to death scores of persons seeking refuge in open fields.
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Day: A slight chance of rain showers before 7am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. North wind 13 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Night: Clear, with a low around 37. North wind 5 to 14 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 62. Northeast wind 6 to 9 mph.
Night: Patchy frost after 5am. Clear, with a low around 36. East wind 3 to 8 mph.
Day: Areas of frost before 9am. Sunny, with a high near 67.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 70.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 44.
Day: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 44.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.
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100 at Rio Grande Village, TX and 5 Miles South Of Yuma, AZ and 6 Miles West Southwest Of Glamis, CA and ~
Tue's Low Temperature
14 at Lyman, WY
Van Voorhis is a census-designated place and coal town in Fallowfield Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 166 residents.
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