FISHERIES, GAME AND FORESTS. 



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Report of Forest Fires 

 For tl)e *Iear Ending December 31, 1&9?. 



ADIRONDACK COUNTIES. 

 Clinton County. 



TOWN 



DATE 



ACRES 



DAMAGE 



CAUSE OF FIRE 



Ausable 



April 



28 



65 



$2IO 



Locomotive 



Ausable 



August 



18 



70 



145 



Unknown 



Black Brook 



April 



29 



800 



IOO 



Clearing land 



Black Brook 



June 



19 



300 



100 



Fishermen 



Black Brook 



August 



5 



40 



5° 



Berry pickers 



Black Brook 



August 



8 



300 



200 



Berry pickers 



Black Brook 



August 



J 9 



IOO 



15° 



Hunters 



Black Brook 



August 



20 



I50 



5o 



Hunters 









Essex Cou 



NTY. 





Chesterfield 



September 



15 



35 



$40 



Locomotive 



Elizabethtown 



August 



23 



500 



400 



Campers 



Jay 



J u n e 



14 



5° 



20 



Smokers 



Jay 



August 



9 



i5° 



300 



Unknown 



Jay 



August 



18 



125 



200 



Burning building 



Jay 



August 



18 



300 



400 



Unknown 



Lewis 



August 



20 



IOO 



2 S 



Burning building 



Minerva 



May 



9 



20 



- 



Incendiary 



Minerva 



August 



6 



20 



- 



Lightning 



Minerva 



August 



21 



15° 



IO 



Unknown 



Minerva 



September 



7 



175 



J 5 



Unknown 



Minerva 



September 



16 



150 



25 



Campers 



Moriah 



July 



14 



45° 



55° 



Unknown 



Moriah 



August 



18 



75° 



i,5°° 



Camp fire 



Moriah 



August 



20 



150 



55° 



Incendiary 



Moriah 



August 



22 



200 



200 



Lightning 



Newcomb 



August 



15 



10 



35 



Unknown 



