Fireman Overcome Fighting Dump Fire
Unidentified publication, June 8, 1942

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FIREMAN OVERCOME FIGHTING DUMP FIRE
Overcome by heat while helping extinguish a dump fire yesterday, Fireman William Getner, 51, of 1205 North Twenty-sixth street, was admitted to West Jersey Hospital.
Getner, a member of Engine company, No. 11, of Twenty-seventh street and Hayes avenue, was assisting comrades at a dump blaze on River road between Federal and State streets when he collapsed.
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