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on Adams Mountain. This fire originated in one of the most 

 inaccessible portions of the Adirondack forests, but in spite of 

 this fact a fire warden with a small force of men reached there 

 within two hours, and by five o'clock the following morning the 

 ranger was on the ground with a large force of men, and the fire 

 was controlled before it had burned over more than Hve acres. 

 The land on which this fire occurred had been lumbered within 

 recent years and there was a large amount of slash on the ground. 

 If the observation station had not been there it is probable that 

 thousands of acres of timber land would have been burned over 

 before the fire could have been checked. 



A double check has been maintained upon the observers and 

 few cases of neglect of duty have been found. The accompanying 

 table which gives a list of fires reported from each mountain 

 station during the past year demonstrates beyond question the 

 value of the mountain stations as an aid in the fire fighting 

 organization. It will be noted that the number of fires reported 

 from the mountain stations is greater than the actual number of 

 fires. This is accounted for by the fact that in some cases the 

 same fire has been observed from more than one station. 



List of Mountain Stations in Operation in 1912 and 

 Number of Fires Reported from Each. 



STATION. 



Fire 

 district. 



County. 



Town. 



Fires 



reported, 



1911. 



Fires 



reported, 



1912. 





2 

 1 

 3 

 3 

 5 

 3 

 2 

 5 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 2 

 1 

 3 

 4 

 2 

 4 



Essex 



Franklin 



St. Lawrence. . 



Lewis 



Ulster 



Herkimer 



Essex 



Ulster 



Washington. . . 



Hamilton 



Essex 



St. Lawrence. . 

 St. Lawrence. . 



Hamilton 



Warren 



Franklin 



Hamilton 



Herkimer 



Warren 



Hamilton 



Newcomb .... 

 Harrietstown. . 

 Piercefield .... 



Croghan 



Hardenburg. . . 



Webb 



Moriah 



Shandaken. . . . 



Dresden 



Indian Lake . . 

 North Hudson 



Clifton 



Colton 



Benson 



Johnsburg. . . . 



Duane 



Indian Lake. . 



Wilmurt 



Johnsburg. . . . 

 Lake Pleasant. 



... 



18 



3 

 11 



18 



15 



"i 



11 



is 



8 



ii 



22 



7 





6 





3 



Bald 



19 





4 





3 



Belfry*f 



7 





5 



Black 



14 



Blue 



1 





8 



Cat 



14 



Catamount 



Cathead 



Crane 



DeBar*f 



6 

 35 

 20 



4 



Fort Noble 



21 





10 



Hamilton 



32 



* Not installed in 1911. 



t In use only part of season of 1912. 



