. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 33-35. Forests and forestry. 44 Hunters-fire on runways, fires in hollow logs or trees to smoke out game. Shooting with inflammable wads. Bee-hunters—fires for heating honey, or other material to attract bees, fire to smoke bees while honey is being taken. Children playing with matches. (f) Miscellaneous—All fires the origin of which is known, but which cannot be classified properly under any of the above heads. Engines on tram or narrow gauge roads. Tractors and traction engines. Sparks from forest cabins. Fire works and toy ball
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 33-35. Forests and forestry. 44 Hunters-fire on runways, fires in hollow logs or trees to smoke out game. Shooting with inflammable wads. Bee-hunters—fires for heating honey, or other material to attract bees, fire to smoke bees while honey is being taken. Children playing with matches. (f) Miscellaneous—All fires the origin of which is known, but which cannot be classified properly under any of the above heads. Engines on tram or narrow gauge roads. Tractors and traction engines. Sparks from forest cabins. Fire works and toy balloons. Breaking of electric transmission lines. Burning buildings. Broken glass or bottles. Trees rubbing Unknown (g) Unknown—All fires the origin of which can not be deter- mined with such a degree of certainty as would justify their inclusion under any other head. 45 PENNSYLVANIA FOREST FIRE STATISTICS - SUMMARY BY CALENDAR YEARS Numbei Area Average Area Amount Cost to State Tear ^^ \jk *** »# *^ • of Fires. Burned Acres. Per Fire Acres. Damage for Extinction 1913 937 386, $719, $26, 1914 1182 360, 717, 31, 1915 1079 340, 874, 27, 1916 1012 143, 253, 13, 1917 1902 286, 550, 27, 1918 1625 227, 410, 25, 1919 950 126, 279, 13, 1920 1597 256, 1,007, 43, 1921 2409 188, 329, 60, 1922 3635 332, 670, 185, 1923 3539 375, 794, 158, 1924 1997 95, 204, 63, 1925 2562 125, 380, 85, 1926 2917 224, 1,186, 177, PENNSYLVANIA FOREST FIRE STATISTICS - SPRING SEASON (Jan. 1st to May 31st Inclusive) Tear 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 Number of Fires. 686 313 899 502 1563 1359 828 1286 1978 2258 2805 9
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