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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF 



Report of Forest Fires in 159&. 



ADIRONDACK COUNTIES. 



Clinton County. 



TOWN 



DATE 



ACRES 



DAMAGE 



CAUSE OF FIRE 



Black Brook 



April 



7 



700 



$30 OO 



Clearing land 



Black Brook 



April 



12 



800 



50 OO 



Clearing land 



Black Brook 



April 



l 9 



75 



10 00 



Unknown 



Black Brook 



April 



22 



5° 



10 00 



Fishermen 



Black Brook 



April 



2 7 



20 



5 °° 



Unknown 



Essex County. 



Chesterfield 



April 



1 S 



100 



$35 °° 



Railroad locomotive 



Chesterfield 



August 



5 



90 



35 00 



Railroad locomotive 



Chesterfield 



November 



1 



80 



30 00 



Unknown 



Elizabethtown 



April 



13 



5° 



10 00 



Clearing land 



Elizabethtown 



April 



*5 



75 



10 00 



Unknown 



Elizabethtown 



July 



10 



60 



10 00 



Clearing land 



Jay 



April 



1 1 



15 





Clearing land 



Jay 



April 



12 



100 



90 00 



Clearing land 



Minerva 



June 



12 



80 



20 00 



Unknown 



Minerva 



July 



H 



2 5 



5 00 



Smoking 



St. Armand 



April 



13 



20 



10 00 



Unknown 



Ticonderoga 



April 



'4 



100 



200 00 



Clearing land 



Ticonderoga 



July 



14 



3 





Campers 



Westport 



September 



1 1 



75 



70 00 



Unknown 



Wilmington 



April 



9 



100 



50 00 



Clearing land 



Wilmington 



April 



: 3 



60 



10 00 



Unknown 



Wilmington 



August 



1 



2 5 



100 00 



Unknown 



Wilmington 



October 



15 



5 





Hunters 



Franklin County. 



Altamont 



September 18 



2 





Steamboat sparks 



Franklin 



April 10 



IS 



$25 00 



Incendiary 



Franklin 



April 13 



2 5 



5 °° 



Clearing land 



Franklin 



April 19 



100 



20 00 



Railroad locomotive 



Franklin 



April 19 



10 



70 00 



Railroad locomotive 



