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resident; but the nearest resident came out to fight the fire without being called 

 on. No particular damage. 



There were two smaller fires on the 21st of April and May 26th, in the east part 

 of our town, that were extinguished by myself and natural barriers in about half a 

 day each place. 



H. J. McCarty, chairman of the Town of Glyndon, August 19th 

 and September nth: 



On the 13th of August at 3 p. m. a fire on section 10, caused by freight train 

 going west on the N. P. R. R., burned over half an acre and destroyed twelve 

 shocks of wheat; damage, $12. The fire was extinguished by the shocking crew of 

 twenty-five persons, in two hours after it started, by moving shocks, fighting the 

 fire, etc. If the fire had been left alone great damage would have been done to the 

 entire field, as well as to adjoining fields. The weather was very dry — not very 

 windy. 



F. H. Burrill, chairman of the town of Hawley, December 5th: 



On the 4th of November fire originated on vacant land in section 7 and caused 

 from locomotive of the N. P. R. R. train going east; burned over 100 acres, de- 

 stroyed II tons of hay; damage, $150. It was extinguished in seven hours after it 

 started by five persons, mostly by back-firing. The weather was fairly windy; 

 wind southwest. It was with difficulty that some of the railroad property was 

 saved. 



C. J. Cederberg, chairman of the town of Highland Grove, De- 

 cember 29th: 



October ist a fire on section 17, caused by a locomotive of the N. P. R. R. Co., 

 burned over 25 acres and -destroyed 45 tons of hay; damage, $225. It was extin- 

 guished in three hours after it started by twenty persons by plowing and using wet 

 sacks, or the damage would have been much greater. 



L. L. Crawford, chairman of the town of Riverton, October 27th: 



The following fires have occurred on sections 11 and 12, caused by trains on the 

 N. P. Railroad: September gth, a fire which burned over 3 acres of prairie occu- 

 pied by R. T. Evans; one September 12th, which burned 71 shocks of wheat; one 

 October 12th, which burned 81 shocks of wheat, and one October 13th which 

 burned a few acres of prairie; damage, $150. The weather was dry. The railroad 

 company did not burn or in any way clear their right of way until very recently, 

 October 25th, I believe, and not until several fires had been set. 



KITTSON COUNTY. 



John Seeger, chairman of the town of Spring Brook, January 



I, 1900: 

 On the gth of October a prairie fire, which originated on vacant land in section 

 33 from cause unknown, burned over 600 acres. Wind was in the northwest and 

 there was no damage done. 



LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY. 



John M. Pfister, chairman of the town of Augusta, October 31st: 



At 2 p. m. of this date a fire which originated on section 11, vacant land, from 



sparks from a traction engine while moving across meadow, burned over 300 acres 



