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October 5th, 1900. About one acre of brush land burned over without doing any 

 damage. Ordered out one man only. I think this fire caught from the burning gun wads 

 of a hunter, as some men were seen hunting partridges that day in this field. 



Mr. W. J. Hall, firewarden for the town of Luzerne, Warren county, N. Y., 

 reports : 



October i8th, 1900. About twenty acres burned over on Lot 7, Kayaderosseras 

 Patent. Value of standing timber destroyed, estimated at $5. I think this fire was 

 started by some squirrel hunters. It was on a mountain near the top, where there was 

 very little timber of any value. This is the only fire that burned over one acre of wood- 

 land that I have had in my town this season. 



Mr. Clayton Ormsby, firewarden for the town of Horicon, Warren county, N. Y., 

 reports : 



September i8th, 1900. Fire burned over thirty-five acres on Lot 61, Brant Lake Tract. 

 As it was all brush land, which had been burned over before, I have no damages 

 to report. Ordered out six men, who worked seven days in all. We trenched around 

 it by digging a ditch with hoes. As near as I can learn it was started by some men 

 who were trying to get honey out of a bee tree. They built a fire and smoked out the 

 bees. Although the fire was on waste land it was running towards the woods. The boss 

 of the lumber job there called on me to attend to it. Calling out six men I went there 

 immediately and dug a trench around the head of the fire. By taking it in time we soon 

 stopped it. 



Mr. E. H. Sturtevant, firewarden for the town of Fort Ann, Washington county, 

 N. Y., reports : 



April 28th, 1900. Forest fire on Lot 16, Fort Ann Tract, covering from fifteen to 

 twenty acres. No timber destroyed. Ordered out one man to help me. This fire was set 

 to burn some old rubbish on the site of a shanty which Mr. A. E. Burton wanted to clear 

 off so as to build a new one. The wind came up and blew the sparks all around. The 

 fire traveled so fast it made a great smoke ; but we had it under control all night. Mr. 

 Burton and his son did all the work fighting it. They worked all day, and were overcome 

 by hard fighting. They were alone and about five miles from any help, and did not dare 

 to leave the place in order to get help. I saw it in the afternoon and went there imme- 

 diately. I was there until late in the night ; but had men summoned at the village ready 

 to start if needed. Everybody feared a big fire when they saw the smoke. 



Mr. W. B. Hall, acting firewarden for the town of Cairo, Greene county, N. Y., 

 reports : 



August 6th, 1900. Forest fire burned over twelve acres of woodland owned by E. W. 

 Margison, near Cairo village. It destroyed standing timber worth $50 ; also some cord- 



