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Seventeenth Street runs through two separate sections of Camden: North 17th Street extends from Harrison Avenue to River Avenue through the Cramer Hill neighborhood, while South 17th Street runs from Federal Street southward across Carman Street to Admiral Wilson Boulevard in East Camden.
The South Jersey Gas, Electric and Traction Company purchased the Camden Lighting and Heating Company, adding its franchise to the company's growing list of acquisitions.
Night watchman Andrew J. Smith of the Camden Lighting and Heating Company died at Cooper Hospital from the injuries and exposure he suffered after falling twelve feet from a doorway at the company's plant on Cooper's Creek.
Andrew J. Smith, night watchman at the Camden Lighting and Heating Company's new power plant on Cooper's Creek, fell twelve feet from a doorway and lay exposed in an areaway overnight before being discovered and taken to Cooper Hospital in critical condition.
A section of a three-and-a-half-story wall at the Camden Lighting and Heating Company's new boiler house on Cooper's Creek was blown down by a gust of wind, injuring night watchman John Mathis of Division Street.