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growth. Cause of the fire unknown. The usual means were used in 

 putting it out, and a force of men back firing and beating it out with 

 brush. 



Harland Eustice, supervisor of the town of Cornwall, Orange 

 county, reports: 



In June last, 250 acres on the north side of Storm King Mountain 

 were burned over. This land was owned by the Peter Brown estate, 

 Mr. Pagenstecker and W. E. Gwyn. On the south side of Storm King 

 Mountain about 20 acres were burned over. Damages, $75. The fire 

 was caused by a camping-out party. The land on the south side of the 

 mountain was owned by Mr. Tefft, who employed men to extinguish it. 



Rensselaer County. 



Charles Z. Bennett, supervisor for the town of Grafton, Rens- 

 selaer county, reports : 



There was a fire on the 14th of August in this town, which burned 

 over about 300 acres of wood land, and destroyed quite a good deal of 

 cordwood. This fire was in the northwest part of our town. The 

 damage was from $3,000 to $4,000, as near as I could judge. It was 

 put out by digging trenches up the mountain side. This fire was 

 started by some one, but no one knows how. 



Rockland County. 



Alexander Rose, supervisor of the town of Stony Point, Rock- 

 land county, reports : 



A fire occurred April 15, 1894, in the western part of the town. 

 Number of acres burned over, 1,400. The land was covered with 

 young standing timber, oak and chestnut, from three to 25 years old. 

 It was valued at $7,000 to $10,000. The fire was of incendiary origin. 

 It was extinguished by back firing. 



Steuben County. 



Lorenzo Hurlburt, supervisor of the town of Dansville, Steuben 

 county, reports : 



On April 4th a fire caught from where W. C. Griswold was boiling 

 sap, and carried by the high wind, ran over about 18 acres. The prin- 

 cipal damage was to George Flickinger's land, burning over 10 acres 

 that were covered by a heavy growth of last year's grass that had been 

 allowed to remain to be plowed under as a fertilizer ; also, a quantity 



