St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, 25th and Howell Street, 1909
Howell Street is located in East Camden. Today, it starts at 20th Street, just east of East State Street, near the bridge that spans the railroad yard. In the past, a few houses stood below State Street. Howell Street runs parallel to the railroad tracks until 27th Street, then continues across 27th to 30th Street. During Camden's industrial era, several businesses operated along Howell Street, including Nick's Auto Parts and the Pavonia Ice & Coal Company. Notably, the first Catholic parish in East Camden, St. Joseph Church, was originally located at 25th and Howell Street. That site has since become a ball field.
Homes on Howell Street began to appear by the 1880s. One of the early families, the Grosmicks, remained on the street until the late 1940s and stayed in the neighborhood for years afterward. Other notable families included the Vennells, who lived there into the 1930s, and Lewis Mote, whose family moved toward River Road but continued residing in Camden through the 1960s. Thomas McClintock moved to Howell Street in 1890 and lived there until after 1920. The Tydeman family, including Vaudeville comedian and acrobat — and professional baseball player — Vincent Tydeman, Harold Tydeman, Camden police officer Doug Tydeman, and other family members lived at 2116 Howell Street from the early 1900's through the 1990's.
Beyond 27th Street, Howell Street had a different character. Aside from the Grosmick and John Carter families, most of the homes there were rental properties, with residents frequently moving in and out. One such family was that of John S. Dukinfield, a relative of the famous comedian and actor W.C. Fields, born William Claude Dukinfield.
Many homes on Howell Street have been demolished, particularly between 20th and 27th Streets, a process that accelerated during the 1980s as the crack cocaine epidemic devastated the neighborhood. Tragically, at least three residents of Howell Street were either perpetrators or victims of homicide in 2004 alone.
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1900 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1911 Howell Street
1911 Howell Street — 1900 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1910s
Edgar & Sarah Bennett Family
1913 Howell Street
1913 Howell Street — 1900 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1910s
Thomas & Kate Wolk Family
1915 Howell Street
1915 Howell Street — 1900 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1910s
Margaret MacLaughlin
1910s
John Heyder
Intersection of Stewart Street & Howell Street
Looking west on Howell Street towards Stewart Street, February 25, 2009Looking south on Stewart Street from Howell Street, February 25, 2009
2000 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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2000 Howell Street
2000 Howell Street — 2000 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1920s–1930s
Jerome Fretz
1938
Paul E. Pursch
1947
Eugene G. Aikens
2002 Howell Street
2002 Howell Street — 2000 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1920s–1930s
Lester Caughey
1947
Mrs. Camilla M. Butts
2004 Howell Street
2004 Howell Street — 2000 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1920s–1930s
John G. Baugher
1947
Elmer A. Madison
2006 Howell Street
2006 Howell Street — 2000 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1920s–1930s
Francis Campion
1947
Mrs. Julia A. Owens
2007 Howell Street
2007 Howell Street — 2000 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1910s–1920s
John & Therese Drabinski
1920s–1930s
Marcel Benner
1930s
William & Matilda Ingham
1930s
William & May Knecht
1947
(no info)
2008 Howell Street
2008 Howell Street — 2000 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1920s–1930s
Mrs. Ida Linus
1940–1947
Charles R. Newton Family
1957
Mrs. Alice Newton Bowers
2009 Howell Street
2009 Howell Street — 2000 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1900s–1920s
Thomas Newton Family
1920s–1930s
Frank & May Elton
1910s
Abraham Holston
2010 Howell Street
2010 Howell Street — 2000 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1916
Herman Walters
1947–1951
Howard Noden
2012 Howell Street
2012 Howell Street — 2000 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1920s–1930s
Edward J. & Rose Ambrose Family
1920s–1930s
Valenty Pashak
1947
Herbert C. Hibbs
2014 Howell Street
2014 Howell Street — 2000 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1920s–1930s
Mrs. Christana Carr
1920s–1930s
George Weber
1947
Sidney Maycott
2016 Howell Street
2016 Howell Street — 2000 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1947
Thomas B. Murphy (Auto Repair)
2018 Howell Street
2018 Howell Street — 2000 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1920s–1930s
John & Carrie Lee
1947
Charles Finch
2019 Howell Street
2019 Howell Street — 2000 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1910s–1920s
Joseph L. & Florence Reeve Jr.
1920s–1930s
John & Leona Nelson
1947
(no info)
2021 Howell Street
2021 Howell Street — 2000 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1910s–1920s
Frank J. & Caroline Rein
February 1930
Arthur Hickman
1947
(no info)
2023 Howell Street
2023 Howell Street — 2000 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1910s–1920s
Barkley W. & Mary J. Bennett
1947
(no info)
2025 Howell Street
2025 Howell Street — 2000 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1910s
Thomas A. & Katie Wolk
1920s
Charles & Christine Hert
1947
(no info)
2027–2047 Howell Street
2027–2047 Howell Street — 2000 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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pre-WWI–1990s
Nick Clements / Nick & Sons Auto Parts
Nick Clements Used Parts
Nick Clements, Used Cars Bought, Sold, Exchanged — 2047 Howell Street. Camden Courier-Post, August 28, 1935
2100 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
City directory records.
2101 Howell Street
2101 Howell Street — 2100 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1900s–1910s
Albert & Mary Voegelin Family
1910s–1930s
Lewis & Vera Robinson Family
1947
(no info)
2103 Howell Street
2103 Howell Street — 2100 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1900s–1910s
Lewis & Vera Robinson Family
1910s–1947
Charles & Augusta Kroll Family
2105 Howell Street
2105 Howell Street — 2100 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1900–1902
Abel Curtis & Family
1900s–1910s
Harry & Anna Sidebottom
1910s–1947
Joseph & Rosa Tallman Family
2107 Howell Street
2107 Howell Street — 2100 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1900s–1910s
Thomas & Laura McClintock
1910s–1920s
Jesse & Manora McCurdy Family
1920s–1930s
Edward & Anna Stephenson Family
1947
Antonio Calabrese
2108 Howell Street
2108 Howell Street — 2100 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1910s–1920s
Frederick & Olive Rodman
1920s–1930s
George & Lydia B. Ramsey Family
1947–1960s
Charles Stokes / John Stokes
1947
Nick & Sons Auto Parts (2108)
1947
Eugene & Myra Jesson
2109–2113 Howell Street
2109–2113 Howell Street — 2100 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1930s–1940s
Eisenberg Brothers
1947
Vacant
1980s–present
Patrick J. Kelly Drums Inc.
2110 Howell Street
2110 Howell Street — 2100 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1910s–1920s
Harry T. Christy Family
1920s–1947
Philip & Eva Navone Family
2112 Howell Street
2112 Howell Street — 2100 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1910s–1920s
William Bowman & Family
1920s–1930s
Leroy & Florence Vanemburgh
1947
John J. Holland
2114 Howell Street
2114 Howell Street — 2100 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1910s–1920s
David Haines & Family
1927
John J. Murtaugh Family
1929–1930s
Harry & Anna Monroe Family
1947
Walter J. Weygand
2116 Howell Street
2116 Howell Street — 2100 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
2210 Howell Street — 2200 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1910s–1920s
Harry Ament
1920s–1947
Joseph & Lucy Cunningham
2212 Howell Street
2212 Howell Street — 2200 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1910s–1930s
Walter & Anna Mattix Family
1947
Harry Peschlow
2214 Howell Street
2214 Howell Street — 2200 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1910s–1930s
William M. & Anna Miller Family
1938
Mrs. Sarah Miller
1947
Jesse C. Everhart
2216 Howell Street
2216 Howell Street — 2200 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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late 1910s–1948
Hugo & Agnes Neumann Family
1948–1965
John & Edith Griffiths Sr. Family
2217–2229 Howell Street
2217–2229 Howell Street — 2200 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1930s–1980s
Pavonia Ice & Coal Company (Pavonia-Hower)
2216 Howell Street — The Griffiths Family
John Griffiths Sr., of 2216 Howell Street, at work in the Pavonia freight yards, about 1918. Photo courtesy of his son, John G. "Jack" Griffiths.
2217–2229 Howell Street — Pavonia Ice & Coal Company
Pavonia Ice & Coal Company (aka Pavonia-Hower) advertisement, Camden High School Purple & Gold Yearbook, January 1930Pavonia Ice & Coal Company advertisementPavonia-Hower Ice & Coal Company, 2217–2229 Howell Street, 1955 — offices at leftPavonia-Hower Ice & Coal Company — 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages advertisementPavonia-Hower Ice & Coal Company — 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages advertisement (second panel)
Intersection of Howell Street & North 23rd Street
The 1955 intersection of North 23rd Street & Howell Street, as seen looking at Howell Street from North 23rd Street. Photo provided by John "Jack" Griffith, formerly of 2216 Howell Street.
Pictures from the Pavonia Freight Yard, World War I
Pavonia freight yards, about 1918Pavonia freight yards, about 1918
These two pictures were taken in the Pavonia freight yards around 1918. They were in the album of John Griffiths Sr., who worked there at the time, and come courtesy of his son, John G. "Jack" Griffiths.
2300 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
City directory records.
2300 Howell Street
2300 Howell Street — 2300 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1920s–1930s
Grover & Blanche Howard Family
1940s–1960s
Richard J. Guthridge Family
2301 Howell Street
2301 Howell Street — 2300 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1900s–1910s
Joseph & Josephine Edwards
1910s–1947
Peter DiGiacomo Family
1930
Dominic & Anna Guglielmi Family (son-in-law)
2302 Howell Street
2302 Howell Street — 2300 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1920s–1930s
William & Ella Howard Family
1947
Ralph T. Brown
1949
Juanita M. Bush
2303 Howell Street
2303 Howell Street — 2300 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1900s–1910s
Nicholas & Sarah Jackson Family
1910s–1940s
Anthony & Margaret Mangino Family
2305 Howell Street
2305 Howell Street — 2300 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1910s–late 1940s
David T. Borland & Family
1920s–1940s
George Borland & Family
2307 Howell Street
2307 Howell Street — 2300 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1910s–1920s
Julian McLaughlin Family
1920s–1947
Anthony & Mildred DiCarlo Family
2309 Howell Street
2309 Howell Street — 2300 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1910s–1947
August 'Gus' Kocher & Family
1947
August J. Martin
2310 Howell Street
2310 Howell Street — 2300 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1920s–1930s
John & Sarah Mortimer
1947
Mrs. Bertha Magnussen
2311 Howell Street
2311 Howell Street — 2300 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1910s–1920s
Thomas McLaughlin Family
1920s–1947
Elmo Huff
2312 Howell Street
2312 Howell Street — 2300 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1920s–1930s
Benjamin & Anna Dantonio Family
1943–1946
Angelo Forte Family
1947
Clarence E. Roop
2313 Howell Street
2313 Howell Street — 2300 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1910s–1930s
Charles Timberlake Family
1947
George F. & Marie Chellew
2315 Howell Street
2315 Howell Street — 2300 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1910s–1947
James P. Nettleton & Family
2316 Howell Street
2316 Howell Street — 2300 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1920s–1930s
Edward & Elizabeth Serena
1947
Frank Woodhead
2317 Howell Street
2317 Howell Street — 2300 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1910s–1920s
Jesse & Clara Potter
1920s–1930s
William & Ridy Trefts Family
1940
Harry & Ethel Selah
1947
Howard S. Lipps
2318 Howell Street
2318 Howell Street — 2300 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1920s–1930s
William E. & Alice Finch Family
1947
Charles H. Kelster
2319 Howell Street
2319 Howell Street — 2300 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1910s–1920s
Louis & Effie Jones Jr. Family
1917
Stewart L. Gleason
1920s–1930s
William Morrow Family
1940
Harry Archible & Family
1947
James J. Mahon
2320 Howell Street
2320 Howell Street — 2300 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
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1922
Harry Morad
2321 Howell Street
2321 Howell Street — 2300 Block of Howell Street — Occupants
Louis Rodger Mote (1884–1939) owned a home at 1111 North 23rd Street in Cramer Hill and worked at one of Camden's shipyards before serving as Assistant Superintendent of Streets for the City of Camden under Mayor Winfield S. Price. He and his wife Louise were active in 11th Ward Republican politics.
Albert E. Collum Jr. (1936–2016) served the Camden Fire Department for over 26 years, rising to Captain of Engine Company 1. He lived at 2409 Howell Street when appointed in 1964, and was injured in the 1975 fire truck collision at 6th and Pine Streets that killed one person.
Laurence W. Newton (1896–1946) rose through the Camden Fire Department to Battalion Chief, saving a child from a burning building at Sixth and Van Hook Streets and shutting off a leaking gas main amid flames at Constitution and Argus Roads in 1942. He lived at 2816 Howell Street in East Camden.
John Francis Letts (1918–1984) served the Camden Fire Department from 1952 to 1981, rising to Battalion Chief. He grew up at 2208 Howell Street, was a founding officer of IAFF Local 2578, and took part in the Easter Monday rescue at North 6th and Penn Streets in 1970.
John D. Huelas, born John D. Hulasinski, joined the Camden Fire Department in 1942 and served over 35 years, retiring as Captain in 1978. He lived at 2834 Howell Street in East Camden when he was appointed.
Burkhardt Leodegar Buenzle (1857–1931), a Swiss immigrant who settled at 1144 North 24th Street in the Cramer Hill section of Camden, was active in the German-American community of the former Stockton borough in the late 19th century.
Carman Street ran from Broadway through East Camden to Woodrow Wilson High School at South 31st Street, named for William Carman whose home stood at the corner of Broadway and Federal Street until 1902.
Allen Palmer was born on April 20, 1891, in the Ellisburg section of Delaware Township (present-day Cherry Hill), New Jersey, to John and Ida Palmer. By 1900, the family had moved to 26 North 21st Street in East Camden.
Thirtieth Street runs from the Delaware River south, across River Road to the Pavonia railroad switching yard, then to Westfield Avenue and on to Federal Street, and to the intersection of Line Street and Beacon Avenue, just above Waldorf Street. It is North 30th Street above Federal and South 30th below.
26th Street, originally called Union Street in the pre-annexation Pavonia section, runs through Cramer Hill and East Camden from the Delaware River to Bank and Mickle Streets. It was laid out before 1887 and renamed after Stockton Township was absorbed by Camden in 1899.
23rd Street originates in the former Pavonia section — now Cramer Hill — and extends south to Federal Street in East Camden, noted in the 1887–1888 Camden City Directory. The James G. Blaine School stood at the southeast corner of 23rd Street and Wayne Avenue.
22nd Street spans the former Pavonia section — now Cramer Hill — and extends south to Federal Street in East Camden, already laid out by the time the 1887–1888 Camden City Directory was published.
Twenty-First Street runs through Cramer Hill and into East Camden, extending from Harrison Avenue to Federal Street, established by the 1887–1888 Camden City Directory.
Twentieth Street runs through Cramer Hill and East Camden, from Harrison Avenue to Bank Street, established by the 1887–1888 Camden City Directory. In 1954, fourteen homes with South 20th Street addresses were added when McGuire Gardens public housing was built; they were demolished and redeveloped in the 1990s.
Nineteenth Street runs from the Pavonia railroad switching yards across River Avenue north to Harrison Avenue in the Cramer Hill section of Camden, New Jersey.
Seventeenth Street runs through two separate sections of Camden: North 17th Street extends from Harrison Avenue to River Avenue through the Cramer Hill neighborhood, while South 17th Street runs from Federal Street southward across Carman Street to Admiral Wilson Boulevard in East Camden.
One of Camden's oldest and most storied streets, named after the Cooper family. Covers the full length from the waterfront to the 2000 block, including the Victor Talking Machine Company, Esterbrook Pen Company, Johnson Park, the Hotel Plaza, the Walt Whitman Hotel, the Elks Lodge, and East Camden's other Cooper Street.
27th Street runs from the Delaware River through Cramer Hill and East Camden to Marlton Avenue. Originally called Fulton Street before the 1899 annexation of Stockton Township, it was one of the main thoroughfares of the neighborhood and home to football star Mike Rozier.
Vincent Ariel Tydeman was born in New Jersey on August 24, 1883, to Edmund and Sarah Tydeman, who emigrated from England to the U.S. in 1878 with their nine children. The Tydemans welcomed another child, Florence, just before the 1880 census.
Three 2004 criminal cases connected to Howell Street: the murder of Diane Jackson, the fatal shooting of Zabdiel Cardona, and the jailhouse heroin-overdose death charged to Jose Maldonado.
Robert Olesiewicz, 47, was promoted from fireman to captain and assigned to Ladder Company 1 as Public Safety Director Keith Kauffman swore in seven new Camden firemen.
Camden Courier-Post, November 24, 1964. Six new members of the Camden Fire Department were sworn in, among them Albert E. Collum Jr., 28, of 2409 Howell Street. Department rolls then totalled 176.
Obituary of Bertram D. Zimmerman, 57, of 2412 Howell Street, a stationary fireman at the Camden Courthouse, who died at West Jersey Hospital in March 1959.
Obituary of Mrs. Sarah F. Southwell, 57, a lifelong Camden resident and widow of Malcolm Southwell, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Eleanor Noden, at 2010 Howell Street.
Three Camden men, including two residents of 2006 Howell Street, were arrested in connection with the $2 holdup and attempted murder of George Manning of Merchantville.
Angelo Forte's recollection of living at 2312 Howell Street, across from the Pavonia railroad yard, from December 1943 to July 1946 — the happiest years of his boyhood in East Camden.
A letter to the editor from Mrs. E. M. Fenton of 2407 Howell Street defending her half-brother David McBlain, whom she maintained was wrongly convicted.
A police probe failed to fix the cause of the Bell and Evans poultry warehouse fire near 27th and Pleasant streets, which drove 30 families from their Howell Street homes and killed more than 10,000 chickens in May 1934.
Camden fireman John C. Voll of 1230 North Nineteenth Street was involved in two successive accidents that injured four people near River Road in June 1933.
Charles H. Nelson, 86, a wood finisher of 2812 Howell Street, suffered a fatal heart attack while walking with his sister at Twenty-seventh and Sherman streets in June 1933.
Three East Camden youths were arrested on suspicion in the early morning hours of March 21, 1932 after police said they failed to explain why they were near Twenty-fourth and Howell Streets at 1:30 a.m.
Lads, 11 and 10, Charged by East Camden Woman With Taking Purse and $725 Diamond Charged with the theft of a $725 diamond ring, two small boys were ordered held for Juvenile Court by Police Judge Pancoast yesterday.
Camden Courier-Post - March 12, 1930 Found guilty of carrying a gun, Richard H. Morrow, 24, of 2319 Howell Street , as fined $150 by Judge Shay in Criminal Court yesterday. He will be permitted to pay the fine in installments.
Bus Kills Husband Returning Unexpectedly, From Distant Work Fate and the heavy wheels of a bus turned to tragedy a surprise planned by Arthur Hickman, 45, of 2021 Howell Street , for the wife he had not seen for five weeks.
Edwin Grimmer, 10, of 2204 Howell Street — the neighborhood's "broken arm champion" — fractured his left arm in two new places at Cooper Hospital after an earlier double fracture had healed.
Mayor Frank S. Van Hart swore in nine new Camden policemen, one from each of nine wards — including Edward C. Hahn of the Tenth Ward — with five more appointments to follow.
Mrs. Eliza C. Jackson of 2206 Howell Street sued the American Telephone and Telegraph Company for $50,000, alleging permanent injuries from a charged wire while rescuing three children.
Camden police detained Herman Walters pending an autopsy after his 19-year-old bride, Florence Walters of 2010 Howell Street, died of gas inhalation following a quarrel in September 1916.
Camden police investigated two fires that threatened four vacant dwellings at 2611–2617 Howell Street — the former Enterprise Hall — believing tramps sheltering there had started them in October 1915.
Edward Finn, 17, of 2617 Howell Street burglarized a home at 564 North 27th Street and leaped from a second-story window to escape before being arrested, in July 1915.
