Grain Warehouse Swept by Blaze in South Camden

GRAIN WAREHOUSE SWEPT BY BLAZE IN SO. CAMDEN Smoke and Fumes From Smoldering Fire Cover Wide Area A two-alarm fire, spreading dense smoke and an acrid odor over a mile area, swept a South Camden grain warehouse early today. The blaze was centered in a 600-ton grain pit at the Camden Grain Co., 1709 Kossuth street, and Acting Fire Chief Edward R. McDowell said it might be necessary to remove most of the grain from its block warehouse before it was extinguished. The fire was discovered at 4 a. m. by Caspar Krispin, of 2046 Arlington street, the night watchman. He summoned Truck Company 2, which in turn flashed a second alarm that brought in two more engine companies and a truck company. Capt. Warren Carter, 42, of 239 South Thirty-fourth street, was burned on the left hand when struck by melting tar, falling from the roof of the warehouse. He was treated at West Jersey hospital. Samuel Adelson, president of the company, said the grain had been purchased from breweries for reprocessing, but that he had no idea of prospective damage because of the smoldering nature of the blaze. The reprocessed grain is sold for cattle feed, Adelson told firemen.