34 ANNUAL REPORT OF 



MORRISON COUNTY. 



J. A. Adams, chairman, town of Ripley, May 2: 



April 1 5th a field fire burned over 40 acres and died 

 out. Supposed to have been set by a small boy; no 

 damage. There had been a heavy rain three days before 

 the fire occurred. The fire by which an old lady lost her 

 life was half a mile distant from this fire and was set by 

 herself. It destroyed no property and was not a prairie 

 fire. 



OTTER TAIL COUNTY. 



William Zimmer, chairman, town of Carlisle, Novem- 

 ber 4: 



On the 3rd instant a fire caused by sparks from a rail- 

 road locomotive burned over 3 acres but did no damage. 

 It was extinguished by one person with wet sacks and 

 shovel. Weather dry and windy for about 2 weeks. 



POLK COUNTY. 



S. M. Clover, chairman, town of Angus, October 26: 



On the 1 5th instant a fire, thought to have caught from 

 sparks from a locomotive on the G. N. R. R. , burned 

 over 1,000 acres; destroyed about 70 tons of hay and i 

 barn worth $70. It was extinguished in 10 hours by 

 eight persons by plowing in front of it with a 4-horse 

 gang plow and a 3-horse breaking plow, confining it with- 

 in certain limits. Weather dry and very windy. 

 Sever Quarberg, chairman, town of Onstad, Septem- 

 ber 29: 



September 24th about 10 o'clock a. m., a fire caused 

 by an N. P. locomotive burned over 800 acres and de- 

 stroyed about 125 tons of wild hay of the value of 1500. 

 It was extinguished in 4 hours by twelve persons and six 

 teams plowing furrows and dousing with wet sacks. 

 Weather dry and windy; had been dry for about 8 days. 



