![]() The corpses of animals were also a common sight no matter if a dog, cat or horse, the city had no organized groups to collect them. Those in poor neighborhoods lived with trash-lined streets and suffered from infestations of rats and flies. Cholera, typhus and other potentially fatal diseases were just a fact of life. The city’s water supply was also deadly, as sewage that spilled into the Chicago river was teeming with unhealthy bacteria. Chicago residents weren’t fazed, and some even had the task of collecting severed heads and limbs found along the tracks.įire was another common killer, with wooden shanty homes often going up in flames, killing dozens daily. ![]() Are you ready for a thrilling story of national pride, high society and murder? Before we dive in, let’s take a look at life in Chicago circa 1890.Īs the nineteenth century drew to a close, Chicago, an American city on the shores of Lake Michigan in Illinois, was a city rife with vice and violence.ĭeath along the city’s many railroad crossings were commonplace two people on average were crushed under the wheels of trains daily. ![]()
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