Millard County Chronicle | 1925-11-05 | Page 5 | Forest Fires Cost $38,000,000 in 1924

I I Forest Fires Cost 9 ! $38,000,000 in 1924 9 i O Washington. There were 6 j A nearly 92,000 forest fires In gj g 1924, which swept 29,000,000 i 3 acres of public and private a 9 lands and did $38,000,000 dam- 5 1 5 age exclusive of Injury to young c j X growth, watershed protection, 2j wild life and recreation faclll- I 2 ties. . I O The figures, gathered by for- C 0 eBtry ofliclals, are said to be ae- j curate and to indicate how crim- 2 Inal Is the carelessness of those 5 $ responsible for much of the loss. 9 6 Many of the worst fires, It 0 was reported, occurred In sev- i era! of the southern states and 5 ? In California. S