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Ray Street is a one-block street running north from Pearl Street to Elm Street, between Borton Street and North 9th Street. It first appeared in city directories in 1890 and is named for Mrs. "Ray" Cox, wife of developer Charles W. Cox.
Borton Street ran for one block north from Pearl Street to Elm Street in North Camden. Named after Joshua Borton, best man at developer Charles W. Cox's wedding. The last house, 528 Borton Street, was lost to fire on June 1, 2008.
On June 1, 2008, fire destroyed 528 Borton Street, the last remaining house on Borton Street in North Camden — and fire fighters famously revived an unconscious Minnie Mouse found in the rear of the dwelling.
Obituary for John F. Warren, 68, of 525 Borton Street, an engineer at the Commercial Trust Building in Philadelphia, survived by his widow Sophie and two daughters.
Frank Roccanella of 521 Borton Street used a gasoline torch to thaw frozen pipes, accidentally setting fire to wooden joists in his basement.
William Kunitz, 52, a Second Ward Democratic worker and city highway department foreman at 537 Borton Street, died suddenly from a heart attack while standing in his kitchen.
Louis Works, 22, of 512 Borton Street received a two-year prison sentence for attacking two small children, with a recommendation for a mental examination.
Mrs. Martha Cowley, 25, of 525 Borton Street swallowed a drug following an argument with her husband and was taken to Cooper Hospital, where the stomach pump was applied.
John M. Reeves of 532 Borton Street published a legal notice in the Camden Courier-Post disclaiming responsibility for any debts not personally contracted by himself.
Fire Chief Peter B. Carter reported six resignations, two deaths and one vacancy from the draft as the shipyards drew men from Camden's Fire Department; Lieutenant Walter Mertz was made captain and the Fire Committee appointed seven new firemen.
Frank Schoopfer, 32, was arrested after young girls Vera Burns and Clara Billet reported being attacked; he was held in $500 bail by Philadelphia Recorder Stackhouse.
George Jordan of 533 Borton Street was committed to county jail for threatening neighbors with a butcher knife; he had survived a near-fatal pistol fight in 1894 that killed his father.
A Philadelphia Inquirer column of Camden news for May 16, 1906, including a planked shad dinner at Chew's Landing attended by Mayor Charles H. Ellis and city officials, plans for a new daily newspaper, and Dr. Ernest Ramsdell's rescue of a boy from beneath a team of horses.
William Walsh, 17, of 524 Borton Street returned home after going missing for several days, having traveled to Atlantic City to see the sights.