FOREST, GAME AND FISH COMMISSION. 



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Ulster County. 



TOWN 



DATE 



ACRES 



DAMAGE 



CAUSE OF FIRE 



Olive 



April 



29 



100 



$10 



Unknown 



Olive 



May 



16 



50 



50 



Tobacco smoking 



Shandaken 



August 



10 



20 



- 



Unknown 



Shawangunk 



April 



8 



400 



200 



Unknown 



Shawangunk 



May 



6 



TOO 



200 



Incendiary 



Shawangunk 



May 



30 



50 



TOO 



Incendiary 



RECAPITULATION. 



Number of acres burned over, - - - - 

 Of which the State owns, ----- 

 Damage to standing timber, . - - . 

 Loss in logs, bark and cordwood, - . . 



Loss in buildings and fences, - 

 Total number of days worked fighting fire. 

 Total wages paid for same, - - - . 



14,893/^ 



762^ 

 ii2,499 



$2,072 



$1,843 



3,100 



$6,300 



CAUSES OF FIRES. 



Railroad locomotives, - 21 



Clearing land, burning brush, etc., -.-... ig 



Incendiary or wilfulness, -------- j^ 



Hunters, ------------ g 



Fishermen, ----------- ^ 



Tobacco smoking or matches, -------- 6 



Lightning, - - - 3 



Campers, -----.-.-.. 2 



City boarders, -----..... 2 



Tramps, 2 



Berry pickers, ----...... 2 



Woodchoppers, ----....-. 



Bee hunters, - - -- - -'- 



Lumber camp, -----..-.. 



Carelessness, - - - -.- - - - - - 



Telephone linemen, --....... 



Children at play, - - - - -- - - - 



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