CHIEF FIRE WARDEN. 17 



CHIPPEWA COUNTY. 



J. D. Beninga, chairman, town of Woods, October 15: 



On the 14th instant a fire, caused by burning stubble 

 with a fire-break of only two furrows and, a strong wind 

 blowing from the southwest, burned over 800 acres of 

 field and prairie; destroyed hay, grain and one building. 

 Damage $1,500. About 20 persons helped control the 

 fire by plowing fire-breaks in fields. 



CLAY COUNTY. 



R. Sieber, chairman, town of Barnesville, September 17: 



On the 13th of September, a fire set on vacant land on 

 section 9, by locomotive of Great Northern Railway Com- 

 pany, burned over 1,600 acres of prairie land, and 

 destoyed a large amount of hay. Damage 1 1,000. It was 

 extinguished by plowing ahead of fire. Weather dry and 

 windy. 

 Same, October 2 : 



September 12, a fire burned over 160 acres on sections 

 15 and 16, and destroyed hay stacks. Damage about 

 1300. It was extinguished by using wet sacks. Weather 

 dry and windy. 

 Same, October 2: 



September 28th, a fire burned over 200 acres on sec- 

 tion 19. Damage #300. Was controlled by plowing. 

 The weather was dry and windy. 

 Thomas Barry, chairman, town of Felton, September 25: 



September 23d, a fire, caused by a railroad locomotive, 

 burned over 200 acres on section 4, and detroyed 35 tons 

 of hay Damage I105. It was extinguished in six hours 

 by plowing and using wet sacks. Weather had been 

 windy for about four days. 



C. J. Cederberg, chairman, town of Highland Grove, 

 October 18; 



On the 14th of October, about noon, a fire, caused by 

 sparks from an N. P. railroad locomotive, burned over 



