People
William G. Kairer Sr.
William G. Kairer Sr. (c. 1839–1893) was a well-known Camden cracker baker who was murdered in his home at 429 Beckett Street on December 4, 1893 by burglar Theodore Lambert, who was executed in 1895.
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Beckett Street
People
Santo DiMaggio
Santo DiMaggio (1918–1973) was a Camden firefighter who joined the department in January 1951 and served with Engine Company 3.
People
Augustus E. Gondolf Sr.
Augustus Edwin "Gus" Gondolf Sr. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 8, 1892. His father, Edward Gondolff, was the son of Peter Gondolff Sr. , who immigrated to the United States from the Alsace-Lorraine region of France.
Streets
Erie Street
Erie Street in North Camden runs from Beach Avenue to 9th Street, crossing Delaware Avenue, Point, Front, Segal, and the numbered streets 2nd through 9th.
People
William G. Hillman
William Grant Hillman was born on August 10, 1865, in Camden, NJ, the sixth of nine children of Edward Hillman and Margaret Grant.
Streets
Beckett Street
Beckett Street, named for Henry and Mary Beckett who owned land in South Camden around 1853, originally ran from Front Street to West Street. After 1947 the eastern portion was demolished for an industrial building; today it runs only from South 3rd Street to West Street.
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Avon Street
Avon Street is a one-block thoroughfare in South Camden running from Royden Street south to Line Street, between West Street and South 4th Street, intersected by Beckett Street. Six two-story brick homes lined the street by 1906.
People
Angelo Anthony Leveccia (aka Joey Allen)
JOEY ALLEN was the name that Angelo Anthony Levecchia boxed under from 1928 through 1943. He was born in Camden, New Jersey on November 12, 1912 to Anthony Levecchia and his wife, the former Anna Maria Onorati.
People
Joseph Abarno
JOSEPH ARBANO was born in New York on August 11, 1895 to Domenic and Amerosa Arbano. Domenic Arbano had come to America in 1885 with his oldest son, James, in 1885. By 1917 the family had moved to 203 Royden Street in Camden NJ.
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Burglars Steal Equipment, Wine
Burglars took two movie projectors and typewriters from a Manpower training center, and nine cases of champagne from a Gallo Wine boxcar at 2nd and Beckett Streets.
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Intruder Held On Forceable Entry Charge
Thomas Merrill, 29, was held without bail after forcing his way into 209 Beckett Street carrying a shotgun, threatening the resident over a stabbing incident.
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Save Man, 88, In S. Camden Home Blaze
A neighbor who ran several blocks Friday night when she saw smoke and flames brought firemen to rescue Samuel Liberetti, 88, of 606 Avon Street, near West and Beckett Streets. Captain Raymond T. Amos and Engine Co. 1 pulled Liberetti from his smoke-filled cellar.
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Camden Fire Alarms
Camden fire alarm log for the 24-hour period ending midnight Tuesday, February 14, 1956, including a grass fire at 31st and Pleasant Streets and a rubbish fire at 1245 Mechanic Street.
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Camden Fire Alarms
Fire alarms in Camden on February 14–15, 1956, including a grass fire at 2nd and Beckett Streets.
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Giuseppe Cuffari Dies; Camden Cafe Operator
Giuseppe A. "Hoover" Cuffari, 65, of 310 Beckett Street, who had run Hoover's Cafe at 941 South 4th Street since 1930, died in West Jersey Hospital in December 1953.
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Hospital Cases
Emergency room cases at Cooper Hospital and West Jersey Hospital on February 14, 1938, including Mary DiVincenzo of 311 Beckett Street.
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City Bureaus Keep Costs Within Budget for 1937
Brunner Lauds Rulers for $40,000 Saving by Co-operation in Offices $302,000 IS VOTED ON STREET BONDS All departments of the city government were operated within the budget appropriations during 1937 and the city's saving, as a result, was $40,000, Mayor George E. Brunner announced yesterday.
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Five Injured in Collision
Five people were injured when a truck overturned after colliding with a car at 8th and Van Hook Streets; Fioranto Costanzo of 209 Beckett Street was among the injured.
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Death of Widow of Harry Selby
Mrs. Daisy May Selby, widow of Fire Lieutenant Harry Selby, of 326 Beckett Street, died after an illness of pulmonary tuberculosis and heart trouble.
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Youth, 16, Nabbed as Drug Peddler
William Lovern, 16, and Harry Bolt, 24, of 420 Beckett Street, were arrested and held in $1,000 bail after witnesses testified they sold heroin at Second and Beckett Streets.
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Camden County Transfers
Property transfer record for 416 Beckett Street — Harry L. Sanders to Ratcliffe Weitzman Co., $2,550. Philadelphia Inquirer, September 15, 1915.
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Four Young Men Said to Have Confessed Thefts
Four men, including Charles Young of 233 Beckett Street, were arrested for confessing to robbing the S. C. Childs Company warehouse at the foot of Walnut Street.
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News and Incidents of a Day in Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer - March 1, 1905 Attacked at Third and Mickle street s, Camden, late Monday night by a man, Mrs. Bessie O. Day, of Seventh and Clinton streets , had her clothing cut in strips.
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Death of Sarah V. Hill
Obituary notice for Sarah V. Hill, wife of Warren C. Hill, of 216 Beckett Street, Camden. Interred at South Laurel Hill Cemetery.