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: Showers and thunderstorms before 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 70. West wind 8 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Night: Clear, with a low around 42. North wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 61. North wind 7 to 10 mph.
Night: Areas of frost after 5am. Clear, with a low around 37. Northeast wind 2 to 6 mph.
Day: Areas of frost before 8am. Sunny, with a high near 64.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44.
Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 68.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50.
Day: A chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Night: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Day: A chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 47.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67.
Tue's High Temperature
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
Kinzers is an unincorporated community located in Paradise and Salisbury townships, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Kinzers was named after Harry Kinzer, a descendant of Palatine German settlers, and was founded in 1835. The town was originally called "Kinzer's" until July 1962, when the use of ZIP Codes became mandated, and "Kinzer's" lost its apostrophe. The compact settlement of Kinzers is primarily in Paradise Township, extending east into Salisbury Township.
Kinzers is located on U.S. Route 30 (Lincoln Highway), part of the original Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike.
In the Salisbury Township portion of Kinzers is the Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association, which is noted for its steam engine display and thresherman's reunion backtracking from the third Saturday in August to the previous Wednesday. In the Paradise Township portion of Kinzers is the Vintage Sales Stables, named for the neighboring unincorporated village of Vintage.
The Cambrian Kinzers Formation (predominantly marble and shale) is named after the town, and the type section is located at a nearby railroad cut.
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