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mented the work of the wardens and patrolmen in that many fires 

 have been reported and extinguished before they had a chance to 

 become large ones and do much damage. The efficiency of the look- 

 out stations has been such as to justify an extension of the work, and 

 within the next year other stations will be established. 



Fires in 1912. 



As usual, the fires were confined to two rather distinct seasons, 

 the spring season from about April 10th to May 20th, and the 

 fall season from about November 5th to December 15th. There 

 were 113 fires reported during the year. An average of 138 acres 

 Was burned over for each fire, with an average loss of $426.65. 

 The average loss per acre was $3.20. Of the fires of 1912, 28 per 

 cent, occurred in April, 11 per cent, in May, 2 per cent, in June, 2 

 per cent, in October, 48 per cent, in November and 9 per cent, in 

 December. In the table below is given a list of fires by counties, 

 their location, date, acres burned, estimate of damage, cause of each 

 fire, and the warden who reported it. 



TABLE IV. FIRES IN 1912. 

 ALLEGANY COUNTY. 



Location. Date. 



Green Ridge Apr. 



Gilpin 



Twiggtown 



Morantown 



Neri " 



Clarysville 



Green Ridge May 



Gilpin " 



Gilpin 



Gilpin " 



Barton June 13 



Clarysville Nov. 



Vale Summit " 



Neri " 



Twiggtown 



Keyser 



