REPORT OF CHIEF FIRE WARDEN 



Coeur d'Alene Fire District 



To the Idaho State Land Board and Coeur d'Alene Timber 

 Protective Association. 



Gentlemen: I hereby sibmit the following report for 

 the season of 1913. During the season of 1913 there were 

 in the Coeur d'Alene district twenty-four fires, caused as 

 follows: 



Logging operations 4 



Breaking out of old fires 5 



Settlers clearing land 3 



Carelessness of campers 3 



Railway locomotive 1 



From a burning building 1 



Lightning 2 



Unknown origin 5 



(I know of several fires caused by lightning, which 

 were extinguished by patrolmen before spreading, and of 

 which they made no report.) 



Below is an account of the fires reported: 



July 16th. Fire started on Sec. 3, Tp. 41 N., R. 1. E., 

 caused by sparks from jammer. This was extin- 

 guished before spreading; no extra cost and no 

 damage was done. 



July 17th. Fire started on Sec. 3., Tp. 41 N., R. I E., 

 caused by sparks from jammer. Was extinguished 

 before spreading; no extra cost and no damage 

 was done. 



July 19th. Fire started on Sec. 3, Tp. 41 N., R. I. E., 

 caused by sparks from jammer. Was extinguished 

 before spreading; no extra cost and no damage was 

 done. 



July 20th. A fire started from an old burning on Sec. 3, 

 Tp. 4 1 N., R. 1 E. No damage done. 



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