People
Samuel S. Buzine
Samuel S. Buzine (1844–1917) was a founding member of Camden's first paid fire department in 1869, serving 42 years and rising to Assistant Chief Engineer.
Tag
Amedee S. Middleton
Streets
Penn Street
Penn Street runs east from the Delaware River to North 12th Street in Camden. First listed in the 1867 city directory, it lost blocks to the expansion of Rutgers University and the building of Route 676.
People
Charles G. Berry
In the directories of Camden City from 1887-1888, 1888-1889, and 1890-1891, Charles G. Berry is listed as a resident of 226 Point Street , working as a shoemaker in Philadelphia.
Streets
6th Street
Sixth Street runs with few interruptions from the Delaware River to Morgan Street, virtually the length of the city, from North Camden south almost all the way to Gloucester City.
Streets
Market Street
Market Street in Camden was likely named because it linked via the ferry to Market Street in Philadelphia, which it follows on the map; no known market existed on it. Includes a circa 1893 photo looking east from N. 2nd Street.
News Articles
Many Persons Hurt While Celebrating
Rain stopped the morning exercises at the Pyne Point Park Fourth of July celebration in Camden in 1903, while the East Side's leading fireworks display was at the fire house at Twenty-seventh and Federal streets under Captain Amadee Middleton. Blank cartridges and toy cannon caused a string of injuries treated at Cooper Hospital and Homeopathic Hospital.
News Articles
Charles Berry's Funeral
Camden Daily Courier, March 24, 1893: the funeral of fireman Charles G. Berry from his residence at 226 Point Street, with the mourners, floral tributes and pall bearers.
News Articles
A Blaze in Camden
A fire that started in a stable behind the West Jersey Hotel on George Street, below Front, spread to the Taylor Bros. warehouse, causing $22,300 in losses; three firemen were injured when the walls were pulled down on Chief Carter's order.