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suffered loss of about #300. Fire is supposed to have 

 been set by the section men employed by the Great 

 Northern Railway Company. 



SWIFT COUNTY. 



M. F. Wagner, chairman, town of Clontarf, April 28: 



On the 1 8th of April a fire, which originated on section 

 II, burned over 3,000 acres of wild meadow, and 

 destroyed 200 tons of wild hay; damage #600. Cause 

 unknown. It was extinguished in five hours by the work 

 of 13 men and two teams. Weather very dry, with 

 strong wind from north. 



Bert Anderson, chairman, town of Clontarf, February 

 23, 1903: 

 On the 12th of October a fire, originating on section 

 26, caused by sparks from a railroad locomotive, burned 

 over about 200 acres; destroyed hay and straw stacks. 

 Did damage to the amount of #100. Weather very dry 

 and windy; had been dry for some time. Fire was 

 extinguished by the work of 1 5 persons — some with teams 

 and plows, others with sacks and shovels, to pound it out. 

 Same, March 5, 1903: 



In the latter part of October a fire, which started from 

 the east side of the railroad track, just as the train passed 

 by, burned over 400 acres, and destroyed hay and straw 

 stacks to the value of #70. 



WADENA COUNTY. 



J. B. Kelly, chairman, town of Aldrich, November 3: 

 On the 30th of October a fire, caused by a railroad 



train, burned over 12 acres of meadow and brush, but 



did no damage. Seven persons extinguished it with 



plows and shovels. 



Charles Harmes, chairman, town of Meadow, April 12: 

 April 4th, a fire, which started at night and ran the 



next day, burned over south half of town; destroyed 30 



