. Bulletin. Forests and forestry -- United States. Fig. 77.âa burnt forest near Monte Cristo in the Washington Forest Eeserve. feet board measure, and in money over $10,000,000. Several liundred persons per- ished. In the early part of Sep- tember, 1881, great fires cov- ered more than 1,800 square miles in various parts of Michigan. The estimated loss, in property, in addition to many hundred thousand acres of valuable timber, was more than $2,300,000. Over 5,000 i^ersons were made destitute, and the num- ber of lives lost is variously estimated at from 150 to 500. The most destructive fire o
. Bulletin. Forests and forestry -- United States. Fig. 77.âa burnt forest near Monte Cristo in the Washington Forest Eeserve. feet board measure, and in money over $10,000,000. Several liundred persons per- ished. In the early part of Sep- tember, 1881, great fires cov- ered more than 1,800 square miles in various parts of Michigan. The estimated loss, in property, in addition to many hundred thousand acres of valuable timber, was more than $2,300,000. Over 5,000 i^ersons were made destitute, and the num- ber of lives lost is variously estimated at from 150 to 500. The most destructive fire of more recent years was Other fires of about the same time were most destructive in Michi- gan. A strip about 40 miles wide and 180 miles long, ex- tending across the central part of the State from Lake Michigan to Lake Huron, was devas- tated. The estimated loss in timber was about 4,000,000,000. Fig. 78.âa single Eed Fir, spared by the fire, remains to indicate â what the burnt area is capable of producing Eeserve. Washington Forest that which started near Hinckley, Minn., September 1,. 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 United States. Division of Forestry. Washington : G. P. O.
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