Daniel "Pegleg" Sullivan was a Chicagoan who is often credited with being the first to sound the alarm when a fire broke out in Catherine O'Leary's barn on October 8, 1871, the beginning of the Great Chicago Fire. More recent evidence is that Sullivan was responsible for the fire. Catherine OLeary (a. ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Artists rendering of the fire, by John R Chapin. ...
In his testimony before the Fire Department inquiry on November 25, 1871, Sullivan claimed he saw the fire coming through the side of the barn and ran across the street to free the animals from the barn, which included a cow owned by Sullivan's mother. November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
A study of the layout of DeKoven Street, where the fire began, indicates that Sullivan would not have had a clear view of the fire from where he claimed to have been standing. DeKoven Street is a street in Chicago, Illinois named for John DeKoven. ...
Sullivan also made a confession shortly before his death in which he stated that he had been in the barn on the evening of October 8 and had been smoking a pipe. He believed that ashes from the pipe started the fire.
In October 1997, the Chicago City Council recommended that Sullivan be recorded as the person who started the fire.
Sullivan, D.J. and Neuenschwander, P. Melanization of Eggs and Larvae of the Parasitoid, Epidinocarsis lopezi (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), by the Cassava Mealybug, Phenacoccus manihoti Malile-Ferrero (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae).
Matejko, I. and Sullivan, D.J. Bionomics and Behavior of Alloxysta megourae, an Aphid Hyperparasitoid (Hymenoptera: Alloxystidae).
Keller, L.J. and Sullivan, D.J. Oviposition Behavior and Host-feeding of Asaphes lucens, an Aphid Hyperparasitoid (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae).
Daniel "Pegleg" Sullivan was a Chicagoan who is often credited with being the first to sound the alarm when a fire broke out in Catherine O'Leary's barn on October 8, 1871, the beginning of the Great Chicago Fire.
In his testimony before the Fire Department inquiry on November 25, 1871, Sullivan claimed he saw the fire coming through the side of the barn and ran across the street to free the animals from the barn, which included a cow owned by Sullivan's mother.
Sullivan also made a confession shortly before his death in which he stated that he had been in the barn on the evening of October 8 and had been smoking a pipe.
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