Tag: Avon Street
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Avon Street
Avon Street is a one-block roadway in South Camden, running south from 429 Royden Street to Line Street. It is located between West Street and South 4th Street and intersects with Beckett Street. The street appears to have been established sometime between 1878 and 1887. By 1906, six two-story brick homes had been built along…
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Save Man, 88, In S. Camden Home Blaze
Camden Courier-Post – January 26, 1957 A neighbor who ran several blocks Friday night when she saw smoke and flames brought firemen to rescue Samuel Liberetti, 88, of 606 Avon st., near West and Beckett sts. Liberetti was trapped in the cellar by the flames on the stairway and was found by firemen lying semi-conscious…
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News and Incidents of a Day in Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer – March 1, 1905 Attacked at Third and Mickle streets, Camden, late Monday night by a man, Mrs. Bessie O. Day, of Seventh and Clinton streets, had her clothing cut in strips. The man, said to be a male acquaintance, followed Mrs. Day off a ferryboat and attacked her near the P. R.…