. Forest protection and conservation in Maine, 1919. Forests and forestry. 88 FOREST PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION <l On May 14th I was notified of a fire at Mc- C a r t y, on the northeast quar- ter of 5, Range 10. This fire burned over ap- proximately ten or eleven acres. It did no mate- rial damage. The fire was caused by the carelessness of a cookee who built a fire under a hollow birch tree to boil luncheon for the drivers of the Lincoln Pulpwood C o . The fire smolder- ed away for two weeks and then the tree fell, at once setting fire to the dry forest. The Lincoln Pulpwood C o . rushed
. Forest protection and conservation in Maine, 1919. Forests and forestry. 88 FOREST PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION <l On May 14th I was notified of a fire at Mc- C a r t y, on the northeast quar- ter of 5, Range 10. This fire burned over ap- proximately ten or eleven acres. It did no mate- rial damage. The fire was caused by the carelessness of a cookee who built a fire under a hollow birch tree to boil luncheon for the drivers of the Lincoln Pulpwood C o . The fire smolder- ed away for two weeks and then the tree fell, at once setting fire to the dry forest. The Lincoln Pulpwood C o . rushed their em- ployees to the fire and had it all out by the 18th. On July 1st I was notified of a fire at McCarty Camps on the northeast quarter of 5, Range 10, burning about one acre. It did no dam- age to the forest but burned a few cords of pulp-wood. The fire was caused by a careless cookee not extinguishing his lunch fire. On August 13th the lookout man at Horse Mountain notified me of a fire at Hay Lake, on the northeast quarter of 6, Range 8. This fire was started by blueberry pickers not putting out their. A FAVORITE LANDING SPOT. To this landing^ came spruce sawlogs, spruce pulp, white birch logs and other hardwoods. Photo by Maine Forestry Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Maine. Forest Commissioner; Colby, Forrest H. [Lewiston, Me. , Journal Printshop and Bindery]
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