12 ANNUAL REPORT OF 



BELTRAMI COUNTY. 



D. D. Rolfe, president, village of Black Duck, Septem- 

 ber 23: 



May 7th a fire on section 12, caused by clearing land 

 and burning brush, burned over about 3 acres of light 

 timber; damage nominal. It was extinguished by using 

 the street engine and hose. Weather dry and windy; 

 had been dry all spring. 



Same, September 23: 



A fire May i7th burned over about 3 acres of partly 

 cleared land on section 12; damage nominal. Origin 

 unknown, probably by children playing. Fire was extin- 

 guished in 6 hours, thirty-one persons assisting, by using 

 the street engine, hose and buckets. Weather dry and 

 windy; had been dry all spring. 



Same, September 23: 



On the 22nd and 23rd of July a fire started at i o'clock 

 on section 18 and burned over about 20 acres of heavy 

 cedar timber; damage $500. The fire is supposed to 

 have been started by the train. It was extinguished in 

 28 hours by twenty-two persons, using the street engine, 

 hose and buckets and chopping down trees. Weather 

 dry. 



Same, September 23: 



On the 27th of July a fire on section 13 burned over 

 about 1 20 acres of heavy cedar timber and destroyed 

 poles and posts; damage $1,800. It was caused, as near 

 as we can find out, from a chimney in one of the cedar 

 camps or from a freight train. Weather dry with high 

 wind. It was extinguished in 7 hours by two hundred 

 persons assisting, and by using the hose and mains, street 

 engine and bucket brigade. 



