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REPORT OF THE 



No. 3 



Fig. 2. — Aircraft, landing in Algonquin Park. 



The number of fires known to be caused by campers was 122, or 11.9 per 

 cent, of the total. Special efforts were made to trace the parties responsible 

 for some of these fires, but it was found impossible to get sufficient evidence to 

 warrant court proceedings. 



Railways are known to have caused 166 fires, or 16.3 per cent, of the total. 

 This is slightly above the total for 1921, but the general trend in the number of 

 railway fires is downward. Although the attention given by our locomotive 

 inspectors to the fire protective appliances on locomotives has been responsible 

 for a decrease in the number of railway fires, much credit must also be given to 

 the co-operation between our own field organization and that of the railway 

 companies. 



The fires of railway origin were distributed as follows: 



