Fires

<p><span class="deck">On the 100th anniversary of the 1906 calamity, a student of earthquakes seeks its traces in the city he loves most.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> How to get a drink or a meal or a night’s sleep before April 18, 1906</span> </p>

<p>People who know nothing else about Chicago’s Great Conflagration have heard of Mrs. O’Leary and her famous cow. But the disaster's real origins are more complicated. </p>

<p>An enormous scandal erupted when it was discovered that contestants on TV quiz shows were often given answers. Did the famed psychologist also cheat when she won The $64,000 Question?</p>

<p>“I will leave this house only if I am dead,” the prominent New York doctor told his ex-wife, who was seeking half the value of their Manhattan townhouse in a divorce.</p>