Tag: Birch Street
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Birch Street
Birch Street once extended from Front Street through to Ninth. However, various development projects over the years have caused portions of Birch Street to be removed from maps. In the early 1920s, construction of the Delaware River Bridge led to the demolition of the south side of Birch Street from Front to Third Street. Subsequently,…
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Edwin F. Allen
EDWIN FORREST ALLEN was appointed to the Camden Fire Department on October 9, 1872, as a replacement for David B. Sparks, who had resigned. He served as an extra man with the Hook and Ladder Company (present-day Ladder Company 1). He was resigned from his position with the Fire Department on June 30, 1873. He…
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Pancoast Proves 3.2 Beer Did Not Make Man Tipsy
Police Judge Pancoast is firmly convinced that 3.2 beer is not intoxicating. He emphatically expressed himself so to George Shuts, 34, of 410 Birch Street, Saturday when Shuts, who was charged with drunkenness, said he had been drinking beer. Detective Clifford Carr said he found the man “down and out.” “You never got in the…