Port Huron Fire of 1871 erupted in Illinois, and the Peshtigo Fire burned a large tract in Wisconsin, including the city of Peshtigo. Windsor, Ontario met a similar fate four days later. Much of the area burned by the Port Huron Fire was swept by another deadly conflagration 10 years later, under similar conditions. Port Huron Fire of 1871 The Port Huron Fire of Sunday October 8, 1871 (one of a series of fires known collectively as the Great Fire of 1871 or the Great Michigan Fire) burned a number of cities including White Rock and Port Huron, and much of the countryside in the
Diseases and epidemics of the 19th century 1,834 in Hull, England. Cholera spread throughout the Mississippi river system. Thousands died in New York City, a major destination for Irish immigrants. Cholera claimed 200,000 victims in Mexico. That year, cholera was transmitted along the California, Mormon and Oregon Trails, killing people that are believed to have died on their way to the California Gold Rush, Utah and Oregon in the cholera years of 1849–1855. In 1851, a ship coming from Cuba carried the disease to Gran Canaria, killing up to 6,000 people. The pandemic spread east to Indonesia by 1852, and China and Japan in 1854. The Philippines