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No timber was destroyed, and not much damage done ; only the looks. At this last 

 fire I employed four men besides myself. 



W. H. Lawton, Firewarden for the town of Hope, reports : 



In the month of September, a fire, started for the purpose of clearing land, escaped 

 and ran over twenty or twenty-five acres, which were covered mostly with briers. No 

 damage was done, as it was stopped before it reached any valuable timber. 



P. Hanley, Firewarden for the town of Wells, reports : 



I was present as firewarden at fallow fires at the following named places : 



Mav 2 — A. Francisco, 



Wells, 







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•' 4 — Jerome Woods, 

 " 6— D. B. Gallop, 

 " 7 — George Spencer, . 

 " 8— Edward Slack, 

 " 9 — James Pease, 



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Griffin, 







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" 10 — Fred. Van Every, . 



" 1 1 — N. Wager, . 



" 12 — Jerome Mattice, . 









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In nearly all these cases I had the owners of the land make careful preparations 

 against the spreading of the fire; consequently no damage was done to outside parties. 

 All these fires were in the town of Wells, and were set by the owners or residents of 

 the property for the purpose of clearing their land, with one exception. The fallow 

 on James Pease's farm was set fire to by some person unknown, and the fire got into 

 the adjoining woods. But by hard fighting it was extinguished before any serious 

 damage was done. 



Robert Hanley, District Firewarden in the town of Wells, reports : 

 I was present and assisted as district firewarden at fallow fires in various places 

 as follows : 



1895. 

 May 6 — George Stewart, 

 " 8— Milo Gorey, 

 " 10 — Arthur Mattice, 



Windfall, 

 Wells, 



2 acres. 



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The above fires were set by owners or residents after due and careful preparation. 

 By means of water and " threshing " the fire was kept from running. 



Herbert Snell, Firewarden for the town of Benson, reports: 



In June, 1895, I nac i quite a fire on Lots 116, 118 and 1 19, Benson Township, and 

 on the corner of these three lots. This land had been burned over once before. This 

 time about twenty-five acres were burned over ; but no damage was done, because 

 there was nothing but blackberries on it. I was at work five days before I could put 

 it out, and I had three men at work with me. 



