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Fulton County. 



Frank B. Warner, Firewarden for the town of Johnstown, reports : 



A fire started in this town on July 24, 1S95, about three miles west of the city of 

 Johnstown. About three acres of farming land were burned over, but no damage was 

 done, as the crops had been removed. The cause of this fire is unknown. It started 

 on the highway about three P. M. No one was employed in extinguishing it. 



On October 19th, a small fire started at a place four miles west of Johnstown. It 

 was caused by a party who were gathering chestnuts and who built a camp fire, which 

 spread and got into a hollow hemlock tree. No damage was done or expense incurred 

 in putting it out. 



On October 28th and 29th, a fire occurred about one mile west of Gloversville, and 

 burned over about fifty-one acres. It started in the latter part of the afternoon on the 

 28th and burned until the next day. It destroyed $500 worth of pine timber. The 

 cause is unknown. Marcus Fosmire and Lorenzo Phillips were employed to assist in 

 extinguishing it. 



Orrin Cross, Firewarden for the town of Indian Lake, reports: 



A forest fire started July 30th, on the southeast quarter of Township Thirty-two, 

 on lands owned by Underwood and Moynehan, and the Morgan Lumber Company. I 

 saw the smoke as soon as the fire started, and went there with three men as soon as 

 possible. It was so hot we could do nothing then. But at night we dug ditches and 

 put out as much fire as we could. We got it under control, and were able to keep it 

 from spreading until it rained. It burned over about twenty acres. All the valuable 

 timber had been taken off the land, and so the damage was slight. 



I could get no clue as to the cause of this fire. It was very dry at the time. It 

 could have started from a pipe or dropping a match. It sprang up by the side of a road 

 leading to some lumber camps. Several men traveled through there that day, but 

 none of them seemed to know anything about it. 



Hamilton County. 



F. W. Abrams, Firewarden for the town of Arietta, reports : 



Two fires were started in this town in June, 1895, by parties who were clearing 

 land and who let the fire get away from them. In putting out the first fire I employed 

 five men to assist me. No timber was burned and but little damage done. 



The second fire did no damage. 1 put it out without assistance. 



The third fire was on State land and occurred the last of June. It was started by 

 some parties that made a smudge to keep off gnats. It burned over about one acre. 



