The Great Fire - People to Remember
| Catherine and Patrick O'Leary | the people in whose barn the fire began |
| James Hildreth | the man who decided to save Chicago by blowing up the homes on Harrison Street to form a fire break |
| Joseph E. Chamberlin | a 20 year old reporter for the Chicago Evening Post |
| Horace White | the editor in chief of the Chicago Tribune |
| Alexander Frear | a visitor from New York - a relative visiting his sister-in-law and her three children - He repeatedly moved the children and sister-in-law to new locations away from the fire. |
| Clair Innes | a twelve year old girl who is separated from her family |
| Julia Lemos | a recent widow who saved her five small children and her parents |
| Robert B. Mason | Mayor |