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The second fire started between the river and Moose pond, near 

 where Mr. Hayes was clearing some land. I had seen smoke arising 

 in that vicinity several times. On the 12th of June it commenced 

 burning and burned until the 17th; then rain came and put out the 

 fire. It started on Lot 164 and burned over Lots 125, 144, 145 and 

 146, in all about 200 acres. It is claimed that no damage was done, as 

 the land had been burned over before. This land would in time be 

 covered with a second growth forest if it was not burned over 

 repeatedly, but it never can if the "fire runs over it every few years. 



The third was a fallow fire started by John Mahar. He notified me 

 before that he wanted to burn this fallow on the 14th of June On 

 that day he sent a man to inform me that he was going to start the 

 fire, but that he had all the help that would be necessary to take care 

 of it. Soon after lighting it the wind rose from the south and blew 

 the flames on to the lands of T. Clark, where it ran through an old fire 

 slash. Some timber was killed, which he cut for firewood this winter. 

 About the only damage done was the burning of a large pile of his 

 own wood. About seven acres were burned over. 



The next lire was caused by burning a fallow on Smith's land on Lot 

 48, June 16. It ran over about five acres, injuring a small piece of 

 standing timber, which can be cut this winter, and doing no particular 

 damage. 



The fifth fire was caused by clearing land on Lot 65, burning over 

 about 10 acres. No damage was done, except that it took five men a 

 half day to keep it out of the woods. 



Sidney Jacobs, firewarden for the town of Willsboro, Essex 

 county, reports : 



I was called out by only one fire during the past season. This one 

 started on the 28th of August, at about 8 o'clock in the morning, and 

 was extinguished on the 2d of September. It ran over about 200 acres 

 of what is known as the Fairchild lot. The damage will amount to 

 about $200. The cause of the fire is unknown. 



H. C. Pine, firewarden for the town of Chesterfield, reports as 

 follows : 



On April 16th a fire started on the lands of Asahel Adgate and Allan 

 Simpson. It was started by sparks from a locomotive on the Keese- 

 ville, Ausable Chasm and Lake Champlain railroad. It damaged the 

 timber to the extent of $50, and burned $25 worth of fencing. This 



