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H. L. Gick, Ex-Camden Fireman
Obituary of Howard L. Gick, retired Camden fireman, who died June 4, 1968.
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Probe Set In Blaze; Two Hurt
Acting Battalion Chief Arthur Batten requested an arson investigation after two fires damaged bedrooms at 223 Milton Street in North Camden and injured firemen Richard Francesconi and Truman Maples.
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Fire Destroys Toy Shop, 2 South Camden Homes
A general-alarm fire raged for four hours on March 7, 1967, destroying the L-shaped building at 613 Broadway that housed Anthony Corradetti Sales Enterprises, a distributor of toys, novelties and household goods, along with two nearby residences on Line Street, before almost 100 firemen brought it under control.
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4 Trapped in Blaze Saved by Firemen
A rash of overnight fires in Camden during a February 1967 snowstorm destroyed Ray's Tavern at 5th and Mickle Streets and damaged four buildings; police and firemen rescued four elderly residents, and Acting Battalion Chief Arthur Batten's crew answered the second call for aid after fighting two North Camden blazes.
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Camden Fireman Cited by Buffs
The Delaware Valley Fire Buffs Association gave Camden fire captain John Gryckiewicz a special citation and a $25 savings bond in September 1966 for his rescue of Mrs. Emily Burns from a burning North Camden bedroom, his second honor that year.
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7 Firemen Take Oaths in Camden
Robert Olesiewicz, 47, was promoted from fireman to captain and assigned to Ladder Company 1 as Public Safety Director Keith Kauffman swore in seven new Camden firemen.
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Fireman Honored On His Retirement
Fireman Edwin Wirtz of 2010 River Avenue was feted at a buffet luncheon at Camden fire headquarters on his retirement after 22 years of service; his last assignment was as an inspector in the Bureau of Fire Prevention.
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MS Victim: Fireman Rescues Woman
Fire Capt. John Gryckiewicz of Engine Company 6 carried Mrs. Emily Burns, a 40-year-old multiple sclerosis patient, from her burning second-floor apartment at 602 North 2nd Street in February 1965, after two civilian rescue attempts failed.
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Michalak Takes Fire Dept. Reins
Retiring Fire Chief Edward R. MacDowell handed over command of Camden's fire department to Acting Chief Edward V. Michalak, ending 38 years and nine months of city fire service that began as a wagon driver for Engine Co. No. 3, 1813 Broadway.
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6 City Firemen Take Oaths
Camden Courier-Post, November 24, 1964. Six new members of the Camden Fire Department were sworn in, among them Albert E. Collum Jr., 28, of 2409 Howell Street. Department rolls then totalled 176.
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3 Firemen Grads Given Assignments
Three graduates of the Camden City Fire Training School received their company assignments in July 1964 — Truman Maples of 1024 North 35th Street, Ernest A. Fagan of 105 South 35th Street, and Spencer Smith 3d of 1523 Collings Road.
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Smiths Firemen To 3d Generation
Spencer Haines Smith 3d, 22, was sworn into the Camden fire department in June 1964, following his father, Spencer H. Smith Jr., and grandfather, Spencer H. Smith Sr.; an uncle, Earl A. Smith, was also a city fireman.
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Fire Captain Is Promoted
Camden Fire Captain Harold H. Pike was promoted to district fire chief on April 30, 1964, sworn in at City Hall by City Clerk Odorisio before Public Safety Director Kauffman, Fire Chief Edward R. MacDowell, and acting Deputy Chief Edward Michalak.
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Fire Pumper Crashes Into Camden Office
A Camden fire pumper from Engine 1, answering a mattress fire, collided with an automobile and crashed through the front of an insurance office at Broadway and Pine Streets, injuring firemen, a passerby and the car's occupants and leaving the building condemned.
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Fire Engine Supports Damaged Building
Philadelphia Inquirer photograph of a Camden fire engine supporting a building at Broadway and Pine Streets after the pumper rammed the office front following a collision with an automobile, cracking the walls and leaving the building in danger of collapse.
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Six Injured in Crash Of Fire Truck, Auto
A Camden fire engine driven by Fireman Isaac Muns collided with a car at Broadway and Pine Street and plunged into an insurance office on the corner, injuring two firemen, a woman waiting for a bus, the car's two occupants and a city worker shoring up the building.
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Dinner Set For Retired Fire Capt.
A testimonial dinner for retired Camden City Fire Marshal Maurice F. O'Brien was set for Kenney's in Camden; Edwin Wirtz, John Moore and John Gaffney assisted with arrangements.
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County Jail Fire Drill Successful
A November 1963 fire drill at the Camden County jail evacuated nineteen of 142 inmates in 45 seconds; fire inspectors John Gaffney and Edwin Wirtz found all equipment in perfect working order.
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5 New Firemen Complete Training
Five new Camden firemen, including Thomas Stammerjohann of 1302 Whitman Avenue and John Brzozowski, completed fire school and were to receive certificates from Fire Chief Edward R. McDowell. Camden Courier-Post, February 9, 1963.
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9 Firemen Graduate In City Test
Nine of Camden's newest firemen, including Wayne Kraft of 1052 North 35th Street, graduated at fire headquarters at 3rd and Arch Streets and received their company assignments.
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Camden Fireman To Be Promoted
Fireman Chester Gedrich of Morton Street, first in a Civil Service examination, was to be appointed a full captain by Acting Public Safety Director Edwin A. Bedell, who would also cite Fireman Harrison W. Mac Neir.
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Firemen ‘Visit’ Fireman’s Home To Battle Fire
Engine Co. 9 — the company Camden fireman Harry Mailahn was assigned to — was called to his own home at 2924 Royden Street while he was out on an errand, to put out a fire that began in a kitchen chair.
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Flames Rake Warehouse in East Camden
A two-alarm fire tore through the Cartun Hardware Store warehouse at 14 South 35th Street on the night of December 21, 1961, fed by an estimated 10,000 to 12,000 gallons of paint. One Engine Company 11 hoseman was hurt, and the alarm was sounded by a teenager who spotted the smoke while listening to Christmas carols outdoors.
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Wm. E. Jaeckel Dies; Retired City Fireman
William E. Jaeckel, 73, of 7829 Osler Avenue, Pennsauken, a retired Camden city fireman, died Tuesday in a nursing home in Hainesport.
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City Boy, 15, Crashes Car, Flees, Caught
A 15-year-old boy who crashed a car into the door of the No. 9 Firehouse on 27th Street near Federal Street and fled was caught a half-block away by Laddermen Phillip B. Stinger and Edward DeHart and a taxi driver.
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Cleaner Plant Blast Injures Fire Captain
Fire Capt. Leonard Garbrecht of Engine Company 3 was hospitalized with head injuries when the door of a dry cleaning tumbler blew off during a fire at the Mechanics Overall Service plant, 2201 S. 8th Street. Camden Courier-Post, December 23, 1958.
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Thomas Carr Heads Police, Fire Group
Thomas J. Carr Sr. was re-elected president of the Camden Police and Firemen's Association for 1958; Arthur C. Batten was elected recording secretary and Winfield Leviseur chairman of the board of managers.
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Firemen Here Get Advanced First Aid Course
More than 40 members of the Camden Fire Department — Rescue Squad, Headquarters, Truck and Engine company men housed at fire headquarters — completed the Red Cross advanced first aid course. Robert Olesiewicz was among the graduates.
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District Firemen Fete 2 Veterans On Retirement
Firemen at the 27th and Federal streets firehouse gave a farewell party for two retired veterans, District Chief Engineer Robert A. Wonsetler and Chief's Aide Irvin F. Bishop. Bishop had spent 33 years at No. 2 Truck Company, 619 Kaighns Avenue.
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Monkey Is Trapped by Banana
A fire truck, an aerial ladder, three firemen and an SPCA task force were needed to bring a monkey down from the rooftop of 333 Mickle Street, across from the Walt Whitman House, after five days at large. Once an SPCA trap baited with bananas caught him, Firemen Wesley Faust and George Hennessy carried the cage down the ladder while acting Capt. James Jones held the safety rope.
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5 Children Die in South Jersey Waters
Three Drummond children of 912 Chestnut Street drowned in the Cooper River at Camden County Park while fishing; two more children died at Sea Isle City the same day. Camden firemen including Wesley Faust worked the recovery.
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Fire Captain in Pearl St. Blaze
A Courier-Post account of a Pearl Street fire in which Capt. John Gryckiewicz carried a resident to safety; District Chief Howard Gick described the blaze.
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Fire Captain Burned In Blaze at Garage
Camden fire captain George Fuscellaro of Engine Co. 11 suffered second-degree burns while fighting a garage fire in the rear of 2632 Baird Boulevard.
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Attendance Record
Edward E. Peraria Sr. of 2927 Mickle Street retired from the Camden fire department March 1, 1952, after missing only 62 days of work in 30 years; Chief William V. Pfefferle presented him a cash token at Twenty-seventh and Federal streets.
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Woman Gas Victim Saved by Camden Rescue Squad
The hour-long effort of a fire department rescue squad saved Mrs. Florence Marshall, 46, of 330 North Tenth street, who had locked herself in the bathroom and turned on a gas jet.
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Camden Firemen Meet Gimbel's
The newly organized Camden Fire Department basketball club, managed by Edwin Wirtz, met Gimbel's of Philadelphia in a return game at Hatch Junior High School, having won the opener 69-64.
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Hearing Delayed In Permit Case
Municipal Judge Benjamin Dzick continued until Jan. 19 the hearing of Jess Garwood, a National Plumbing & Heating Co. foreman arrested by Camden fire marshal inspector Walter Fredericks for installing an oil burner without a permit at the new Dow Chemical Co. building at 4th and Market streets.
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37 Camden Men Pass Tests for City Firemen
Thirty-seven candidates passed the Civil Service test for Camden firefighter in December 1949 — among them brothers Santo and John DiMaggio of 319 Beckett Street.
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Funeral on Friday for Fireman Toy
Funeral services for veteran Camden fireman William Earl Toy, fatally injured when the car of Acting Chief William Van Pfefferle he was driving collided with a bus at Sixteenth and Federal streets, were set for Friday at his home, 607 West Street, with fellow firemen as pallbearers.
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Fireman Toy Dead From Auto Crash
Veteran Camden fireman William Earl Toy died of injuries suffered when Acting Chief William Van Pfefferle's car, which he was driving to a fire at Berwick and Boyd streets, collided with a Public Service bus at Sixteenth and Federal streets.
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Injured as Fire Destroys Kresge Building
A three-alarm fire swept the S. S. Kresge building at 29-33 Broadway, threatening Camden's central business district; five firemen were burned, and a second blaze at the Camden Foundry Co., Front and Elm streets, called out the city's remaining fire companies.
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Mrs. Anna E. McDermott
Mrs. Anna E. McDermott, 80, wife of retired city fireman James H. McDermott of 23 North Twenty-eighth Street, died Tuesday after a long illness. Funeral at Harry Leonard Funeral Home; solemn requiem mass at St. Joseph's Church.
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Members of Fire Dept.
Page 33 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: compliments of the Members of Fire Dept. at 27th and Federal Streets, G. C. H., Greenetz and Greenetz and the East End Republican League at 300 North 27th Street, around an installment of the parish history telling how the church was mortgaged in 1893 and 1894 to pay for the ground and building.
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Fireman Overcome Fighting Dump Fire
Fireman William Getner, 51, of 1205 North Twenty-sixth Street, a member of Engine Company No. 11, was overcome by heat on June 7, 1942, while fighting a dump fire on River Road between Federal and State Streets, and was admitted to West Jersey Hospital.
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Lester Store Razed By $100,000 Fire
The clothing and jewelry store of S. Lester at 713 Broadway was destroyed by a two-alarm fire of undetermined origin following an explosion. Eight companies fought the fire for seven hours, and damage was estimated at $100,000.
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John M'Taggart, Camden Policeman for 19 Years, Dies
Patrolman John McTaggart, 53, died in Cooper Hospital after 31 years in the Department of Public Safety, 12 as a fireman and 19 as a policeman walking the same Broadway beat from Kaighn Avenue to Line Street. He was the guest of honor at the annual St. Patrick's night party "A Nite in Ireland."
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Gas Stove Explosion Welcomes Pair Home
Fred Strahle, his wife Thelma and their two children came home to 1017 North 28th Street from a vacation in the Pennsylvania mountains, and the gas stove blew up when he tried to light the pilot. He smothered the flames with a small rug; firemen arrived but did not go into action.
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Camden’s First Volunteer Firemen Receive Diplomas
Courier-Post photographs of Camden's first volunteer firemen receiving diplomas: a man descending a building on a rope, two men in asbestos suits, and a fireman in a helmet and gas mask.
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Captain Mortica M. Clark Retires After 30 Years as City Fireman
Captain Mortica M. Clark, Camden's oldest fire captain in point of service, retired after more than 30 years and was honored with gifts presented by Fire Chief John H. Lennox at his company's headquarters, Ninth and Morgan streets.
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Senior Fire Captain Receives Gifts on Retirement
Captain Mortica M. Clark, oldest captain of the Camden Fire Department, receives a fishing rod and reel and a ring from Fire Chief John H. Lennox on his retirement after more than 30 years of service. Camden Courier-Post, May 17, 1941.