CHIEF FIRE WARDEN. 15 



Total acres burned over, 31,928. Damage, 112,318. 

 Classification of causes: 



Burning brush, i. 



Burning grass or meadow, 4. 



Burning haystacks, 3. 



Burning straw, 4. 



Burning stubble, 3. 



Hunters, 3. 



R. R. locomotives, 8. 



Other causes, 4. 



Unknown, 16. 



Reports of Fire Wardens of Prairie, Field and 

 Meadow Fires, 1902. 



aitkin county. 



F. R. Nichols, chairman, town of Hazelton, Septem- 

 ber 16: 

 On the 6th of September, 3 p. m., a fire, caused by 

 burning brush on land occupied by Peter Reither, 

 burned over 40 acres of meadow; did damage to the 

 amount of I200. It is not out yet, but was put under 

 control with the help of seven persons plowing, ditching 

 and hauling water. Weather very dry and windy. 



ANOKA COUNTY. 



Frank Hoffman, chairman, town of Columbus, April 15: 

 March 26th, a fire originating on section 16, burned 

 over 600 acres of field, brush and meadow. Damage 

 $75. It was extinguished in six hours with the help 

 of 15 people, and by plowing. Weather was dry and 

 windy; had been dry for a few weeks. 



Charles J. Lundberg, chairman, town of Ham Lake, 

 April 22: 

 March 20th, a fire burned over sections 22, 23, 24 

 and part of 26; destroyed 23 tons of hay, and did 

 damage to the amount of 157. The American Grass 

 Twine Company clears a lot of land and burns the old 



