Report of the Forest Commission. 39 



Adirondack Counties- — {Continued). 



Date. 



COUNTY. 



Acres. 



Damage. 



Cause. 



1894. 



August 15. 



25. 



" 27. 



28. 



28. 



September 3 . 



6. 



6.' 



15. 



St. Lawrence . 



Essex 



Essex 



Essex 



Washington . . 



Lewis 



Warren 



Washington . . 

 Essex 



300 

 75 

 10 



200 

 24 



350 

 10 

 25 

 10 



$300 



100 



35 



200 



100 



1,000 



20 



500 



20 



Railr'd locomotive. 



Fishermen. 



Railr'd locomotive. 



Unknown. 



Not stated. 



Fishermen. 



Bee hunter. 



Not stated. 



Tramps. 



Catskill Preserve. 



March 



31. 



April 

 it 



1. 

 10. 



May 



2. 



a 



13. 



tt 



15. 



August 



23. 

 25. 



u 



29. 



Sullivan 

 Ulster . 

 Sullivan 

 Sullivan 

 Sullivan 

 Ulster . 

 Ulster . 

 Ulster . 

 Ulster , 



500 



500 



20 



50 



600 



600 



400 



800 



6,000 



6,000 



150 



150 



10 



25 



500 



500 



25 



50 



Railr'd locomotive. 

 Clearing land. 

 Clearing land. 

 Clearing land. 

 Incendiary. 

 Not stated. 

 Railr'd locomotive. 

 Incendiary. 

 Incendiary. 



Counties Outside the Preserve. 



April 



4. 



Steuben 



18 



100 



Sugar makers. 



a 



15. 



Rockland .... 



1,400 



7,000 



Incendiary. 



June 



4. 



Orange 



270 



75 



Campers. 



a 



15. 



Suffolk ...... 



1,200 



8,400 



Unknown. 







Tioga 



125 



250 



Clearing land. 

 Incendiary. 



August 



14. 



Rensselaer . . . 



300 



3,000 



it 



24. 



Orange 



100 



300 



Unknown. 



u 



25. 



Dutchess .... 



1,000 



2,000 



Railr'd locomotive. 



« 



28. 



Jefferson 



100 



1,500 



Saw- mill. 



September 1 . 



Chautauqua . 



350 



350 



Berry pickers. 



u 



4. 



Chautauqua . . 



6 



200 



Clearing land. 



October 



1. 



Dutchess 



1,000 



1,500 



Railr'd locomotive. 



Total acres burned over, 22,962. Damages, $56,716. 



A classification of the various causes shows the following 

 result : 



From clearing land 16 



From railroad locomotives 12 



From fishermen , 6 



