SUMMARY OF FOREST FIRES, 1908.— Continued. 



County and Town 



D^te 



Acres 



Damage 



No.Fire 

 Figlit- 



Cause 



St. Louis Co. — Cont. 



Pike 



Prairie Lake 



Solway 



Sturgeon 



Stuntz 



Stuntz 



White 



Township 50-18. . . 

 Township 50-19. ■ . 

 Township 51-19. . . 

 Township 61-16. . . 



Todd County — 



Birchdalc 



Burnhamville. 

 Burnhamville. 

 Fawn Lake . . . 



Little Elk 



Moran 



Turtle Creek. . 



Oct. 6... 

 Sept. 6. . 

 May 1 1 . 

 Sept. 1 1 . 

 Sept. 5. . 

 Sept. 8. . 

 Sept. 8. . 

 Sept. 10. 

 May I . . . 

 May 8... 

 May 9... 



Wabasha County- 

 Mazeppa 



Wadena County — 



Bullard 



Huntersville 



Leaf River 



Leaf River 



Lyons 



Rockwood 



Rockwood 



Shell River 



Thomastown. . . . 



April 15. 

 .April 13. 

 April 22. 

 April 15. 

 April 18. 

 April 14. 

 April 18. 



April 22. 



April 14. 

 April 21. 

 April 12. 

 May 8... 

 April 19. 

 April 12. 

 April 18. 

 April 20. 

 April 12. 



350 



300 



10,000 



.500 



6,000 



40 



2,000 



40 



80 



600 

 80 

 80 



500 

 ,400 



800 



800 



40 

 3,600 



T 2,000 



Soo 



80 



1,800 



800 

 1,400 

 1,000 



200 



25 



75 



slight 



TOO 



1,500,000 

 slight 

 1,500 



(?) 

 500 

 500 

 75 



IS 



slight 



500 



200 



200 



1,000 



24 

 II 

 20 



3 

 300 



200 



63 



20 



2 



14 



5 



50 



75 

 4,000 



150 

 150 

 600 

 100 

 500 

 slight 

 200 



17 



37 



14 



5 



10 

 36 



Unknown. 



Hunters. 



Fishermen. 



■Unknown. 



Fishermen. 



Clearing land. 



Clearing land. 



Unknown. 



Unknown. 



Unknown. 



Unknown. 



Unknown. 



R. R. locomotive. 



Clearing land. 



Unknown. 



Burning meadow. 



Burning brush. 



Unknown. 



Unknown. 



Unknown. 

 From adj. town. 

 Unknown. 

 Clearing lan4- 

 From aoj. town. 

 R. R. locomotive. 

 Burning meadow. 

 Unknown. 

 Unknown. 



acres burned over, 405,748. Damage, $2, 



Total 

 003,633. 



Classification of causes: 



Burning brush, 15. 



Burning meadow, 9. 



Campers, 11. 



Clearing land, 47. 



Fishermen and hunters, 16 



From adjoining town, 17. 



Railroad locomotives, 29. 



Other causes, 6. 



Unknown, 180. 



