Some See Survival of Great Peshtigo Fire as a Miracle

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Tonight marks the 136th anniversary of the “Great Peshtigo Fire” that ravaged northeastern Wisconsin.The town of Peshtigo was destroyed…but huge fires also burned across the bay.Tonight worshippers will gather at a rural Catholic Shrine.It was there in 1871 that area residents fled, prayed…and ultimately survived the deadliest wildfire in U-S History.As Patty Murray reports…many people consider it a miracle…

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