CHiEF FIRE WARDEN. 



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WADENA COUNTY. 



J. A. Collins, chairman, town of Rockwood, April 19: 

 April 8th a fire burned over 70 acres of meadow and 

 small timber; destroyed small undergrowth. Damage 

 $15. The cause of the fire is unknown. It was quite 

 a fire. There was a school house and number of hay 

 stacks in great danger, but by the good services of 

 Chris P. Aarnes, fire warden, and his men, they saved 

 1500. They did some very good work back-firing and 

 whipping out fire with wet sacks. Weather very windy 

 and dry. 



WRIGHT COUNTY. 



Peter Nelson, chairman, town of Clearwater, May i : 



On the 19th of April, in the afternoon, a fire, which 

 originated on vacant land on section 25, from cause 

 unknown, burned over 300 acres or more of meadow, 

 heavy and Hght timber; destroyed hay, wood and stand- 

 ing timber. Damage $200. It was extinguished with 

 the help of six men. The weather was dry; had been 

 dry for weeks — in fact, months. 



SUMMARY OF PRAIRIE, FIELD AND MEADOW FIRES, 1902. 



County and Town. 



Aitkin County — 

 Hazelton 



Anoka County — 

 Columbus . . . 

 Ham Lake... . 

 Ham Lake... . 



Benton County— 



Langola 



Mayhew 



Watab 



Carlton County— 

 Barnum 



Clay County — 

 Barnesville. . . . 



Barneiville 



Barnesville. . . . 

 Felton 



Sept. 6 , 



Mar. 26, 

 Mar. 20, 

 Mar. 29. 



Nov 3 . . 

 April 12. 

 April 2. . 



April 2.. 



Sept. 12. 

 Sept. 13. 

 Sept. 28. 

 Sept. 23. 



Acres. Damage. 



40 



600 

 1,000 

 3,000 



170 



40 



300 



60 



160 



1,600 



130 



200 



$200 



75 



55 



150 



50 

 60 

 None 



80 



300 



1,000 



300 



105 



Burning brush. 



Unknown. 

 Burning meadow. 

 Burning meadow. 



R. R. locomotive. 

 Unknown. 

 Burning grass. 



Burning stubble. 



Unknown. 



R. R. locomotive. 



Unknown. 



R. R. locomotive. 



