. Bulletin. Forests and forestry -- United States. 80 A miMER OF FORESTRY ing Newcastle, Chatham, and Douglastown, were de- stroyed. Oue hundred and sixty persons perished, and nearly a thousand head of stock. The loss from the Miramichi fire is estimated at $300,000, not including the value of the Fig. 75.—Fire sometimes renews an old forest by killing the veterans and so permitting vigorous young trees to take their place. Tlie rotting slabs of fire-killed veterans of Red Fir are seen in the picture surrounded by young standards of E<'d Fir and Western Hemlock. Olympic Forest Ees
. Bulletin. Forests and forestry -- United States. 80 A miMER OF FORESTRY ing Newcastle, Chatham, and Douglastown, were de- stroyed. Oue hundred and sixty persons perished, and nearly a thousand head of stock. The loss from the Miramichi fire is estimated at $300,000, not including the value of the Fig. 75.—Fire sometimes renews an old forest by killing the veterans and so permitting vigorous young trees to take their place. Tlie rotting slabs of fire-killed veterans of Red Fir are seen in the picture surrounded by young standards of E<'d Fir and Western Hemlock. Olympic Forest Eeserve, Washiii";ton. In the majority of such forest fires as this the destruc- tion of the timber is a more serious loss, by far, than that of the cattle and buildings, for it carries with it the imi^overishment of a whole region for tens or even hundreds of years afterwards. Tlie loss of the stumpage value of the timber at the time of the fire is but a small. 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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