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No one notified me of the fire. I went over there afterwards and looked over the 

 territory. In my estimation there was not over $100 worth of valuable substance 

 destroyed. 



Lewis County. 



Charles C. Brown, Firewarden for the town of Greig, reports : 



On July 26th and 27th there was a fire on Lots 13 and 14. I extinguished it with 

 one assistant. I did not appraise the damages at any fixed amount, for the reason 

 that the lands had been denuded of all timber, and nothing remained but brush 

 and briers. 



St. Lawrence County. 



Charles F. Thomas, Firewarden for the town of Clifton, reports : 



On July 3d I put out a fire with the assistance of one man, and on July 15th I 



extinguished another with the assistance of one man ; also on July 1 7th with one 



assistant. 



On July 2 1st there was a fire at which I warned out six men besides myself. There 



was little or no damage done, as the fires were extinguished promptly. I could not 



find out their origin. I think they started through the neglect of campers. It was 



very dry at the time. 



Saratoga County. 



Anson J. Larkin, Firewarden for the town of Ballston, reports: 



We have been very much favored as to fires this season. There has not been the 

 usual number of forest fires, although we have had the dryest season for many years; 

 not sufficient rain to wet the ground as deep as we plow. The fires this season were 

 as follows : 



September 20, 1895, i n the hickory grove of S. W. Buell, near Ballston Lake 

 Station of the D. & H. R. R. I employed help, and the fire was soon extinguished. 

 Not over half an acre was burned, and very little damage was done. 



October 28, 1895, a fire broke out along the D. & H. R. R. about half a mile north 

 of the Ballston Lake Station. It must have started about 3 P. M. It was seen, but 

 thought to be of little consequence, and I was not notified until early in the evening, 

 about 6 P. M. 



The wind blew a gale all the afternoon, but subsided at sundown. George D. 

 Buell notified me of a fire in the woods of Mrs. McKinley, near Ballston Lake. 

 I employed help, and repaired to the place with pails and shovels. The fire was raging 



