Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1910 — FIRE LOSSES ARE LARGE [ARTICLE]

FIRE LOSSES ARE LARGE

Wisconsin Is Heavy Loser by Blazing Forests. ♦ The Wisconsin forest fires have coat a nearly $3,000,000. The losses are estimated as follows: North of Chippewa Falls, $1,000,000; in Marinette and Wausau and vicinity, $1,000,000; near Medford and Prentice. $1,000.00d. 7 The danger of fire is now ended, but the ravages have been serious. Twenty of the seventy-ope counties in Wisconsin have suffered this year from fire. Five' mills have been burned with an average loss of SIOO,OOO each. The greatest danger, however, has been to the standing timber.