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Fred H. Hough Jr.
Obituary of Frederick H. Hough Jr., 49, of 312 Grant Street, assistant foreman of the Courier-Post composing room, who died in Cooper Hospital in August 1951.
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Mrs. Alice May Allebach
Obituary of Mrs. Alice May Allebach, 42, of 533 Bailey Street, who died in Cooper Hospital in August 1951.
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Fireman Injured As Flames Rout 10
A fireman was hurt and ten people driven from 1132 and 1134 South Front Street when fire broke out at the home of Mamie Buggs.
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Hospital Cases
Hospital Cases, Camden Courier-Post, November 27, 1950: Cooper and West Jersey hospital admissions, including Robert Flippen, 19, of 710 Bailey street, injured leg.
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Sleep Pills Overcome Woman Hotel Guest
Mrs. Eleanor Shaw, 28, a guest at the Hotel Plaza, Fifth and Cooper streets, was taken to Cooper Hospital after an overdose of sleeping tablets; Dr. Herbert Weinberg of 563 Benson Street was the hotel physician.
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Boy Sees Accident, Asks Traffic Light
Camden Courier-Post - July 8, 1950 By Wilbur Morse Jr. Petitions for highway safety measures or improvements usually come from adult individuals or organizations.
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Man Is Killed Here When Keg of Beer Explodes in Club
John W. Kmicic, 56, a Pennsylvania Railroad machinist, was fatally injured when a beer keg exploded during a Christmas party at the Ninth Ward Republican club, 536 Broadway, on December 22, 1949.
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3 Hurt in Collision
Two women and a child were injured when two cars collided at Sixth and Pine Streets; one car was driven by Carl P. Deyhle Jr. of 1594 Collings Road. All were treated at Cooper Hospital.
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Veteran Kills 12 in Mad Rampage on Camden Street
For a distinguished example of local reporting during the year, The New York Times submits the story by Meyer Berger of the mass shootings in Camden, New Jersey on September 6, 1949.
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John A. Bryson
Funeral notice for John A. Bryson of 922 North Front Street, a member of Camden Lodge 111, Loyal Order of Moose.
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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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Lt. Edward C. Hahn Stricken on Street
Lt. Edward C. Hahn, a 22-year veteran of the Camden police department, collapsed and died of a heart attack outside a drugstore near his Third District station house on April 1, 1944.
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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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Frank T. Marshall
Frank T. Marshall, 52, of 2725 High Street, a foreman at the RCA Manufacturing Company plant, suffered a fatal heart attack on a bus at Eleventh and Federal streets and was declared dead on arrival at Cooper Hospital.
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4 Injured As Auto Runs into Building
Camden Courier-Post - January 15, 1941 Four persons were injured last night when the automobile in which they were riding jumped a curb and crashed into a brick building owned by the RCA Manufacturing Company at River avenue and State street .
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Scarduzio Jailed by Orlando After Gun Play in Restaurant
Nick Scarduzio, 39, a former Summer policeman, was held without bail for grand jury action after a gun-play row in Mike Patsourakas' restaurant at 1806 Broadway, while Commissioner Mary W. Kobus promised to investigate the police failure to report the shooting.
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Harry F. Walton Dies from Wound
Former Tenth ward freeholder Harry F. Walton, 52, died at Cooper Hospital from a self-inflicted wound suffered at his 520 Bailey Street home; ill health was blamed.
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Aged Man Ends His Life With Shot in Temple
Harry Lipp, 84, an old age pensioner who had boarded seventeen years at the home of city fireman William Getner at 1205 North Twenty-sixth Street, ended his life with a revolver shot in a garage behind the house. Coroner Harry Leonard issued a certificate of suicidal death.
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$100,000 Fire Sweeps Store of Antrim Co.
A three-alarm fire swept the wholesale store of the Antrim Hardware Company at 1514 and 1516 Federal Street, damaging $100,000 in stock, injuring several firemen and menacing nearby homes and the Standard Oil plant across the street.
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East Camden Home Destroyed by Fire
A fire of unknown origin destroyed the three-story home of Mrs. Edith Saunders at 744 North 24th Street in February 1939, narrowly injuring fireman Walter Eastlack when the rear roof collapsed.
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Woman Shot 10 Times By No. Camden Suitor Spurned for 3 Years
Florence Gottwald, 26, of 1036 Segal Street, lay near death in Cooper Hospital after Emil Mascher, 46, a suitor she had spurned for three years, shot her 10 times in front of her home and then waited at Front and Erie streets to be arrested.
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Hospital Cases
Hospital case log from Cooper and West Jersey hospitals including Irving Yerks, 9, of 1134 Baring Street, treated for a lacerated thumb.
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Hospital Cases
Emergency room cases at Cooper Hospital and West Jersey Hospital on February 26, 1938, including Marie Cahill, 5, of 2168 Berwick Street, treated for brush burns on her hand.
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Cop's Guest Beaten; Colsey Probes Row
Youth 'Blackjacked' at Party; Father Retains Lawyer, to Investigate Police Chief Arthur Colsey yesterday detailed three detectives to investigate a street row early Sunday at Fourth and Mechanic streets in which a Fairview youth and a Camden policeman were involved.
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Mrs. Dorothea Schilder
Funeral notice for Mrs. Dorothea Schilder, 58, of 938 North Second Street, who died from burns after an oil stove exploded in her home; services were to be held at her son's home at 212 Byron Street.
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Woman Dies of Burns From Oil Stove Blast
Mrs. Dorothea Schilder, 55, of 938 North Second Street died in Cooper Hospital of burns received when an oil stove exploded in her home; her son Henry was burned beating out her flaming clothing.
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Births
Birth announcements for families at 1104 and 1102 North Twenty-first Street, February 1938.
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Hospital Cases
Emergency room cases from Cooper Hospital and West Jersey Hospital, February 14, 1938. Includes Cecelia Homan, 32, of 511 Ray Avenue, treated for a foreign body in the eye.
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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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Hospital Cases
Camden Courier-Post roundup of emergency room admissions to Cooper Hospital and West Jersey Hospital on February 13, 1938, including 9-year-old Margaret Cramer of 323 Erie Street for an infected finger.
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Hospital Cases
Hospital cases reported in Camden on February 14, 1938, including Ralph Williams of 413 North 29th Street treated at West Jersey Hospital for a laceration of the knee.
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Catholic Church Benefits In Will
Gertrude L. Higgins Leaves Numerous Bequests to Religious Groups The major portion of a $10,000 and upwards estate is left to religious organizations in the will of Miss Gertrude L. Higgins , of 718 Market Street , which was filed for probate in the office of Surrogate Frank B. Hanna yesterday.
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4 Hurt as Auto Strikes Pole Strewing Live Wires on Road
Camden Courier-Post - Feburary 4, 1938 Four persons in a small coupe were injured last night when the machine crashed into a pole at Seventeenth Street and Admiral Wilson Boulevard during a dense fog.
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Runaway Accident Fatal to Milkman
Camden Courier-Post - February 3, 1938 Fatally injured in a runaway accident yesterday, Samuel Saunders, 37, of 523 Grant Street , died at 5.15 p. m. in Cooper Hospital of a fractured skull and concussion of the brain.
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Inquest Set Today in Gambling Death
Jury List Prepared for Coroner's Action in Holdup Fatality The coroner's inquest to decide the cause of death to Angelos Magalas, Greek chef, who was shot during a card game holdup at 725 Penn Street on January 11, will be held today at 10 a. m. Coroner Franklin P. Jackson III, of Collingswood, will conduct the inquest and will select his jury of 12 from a list of 15 persons prepared by the office of County Prosecutor Samuel P. Orlando .
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Carl Weiwadel
Obituary of Carl Weiwadel, 45, of 138 North Twenty-second Street, a Spanish-American and Philippine Wars veteran and member of VFW Post 980 who died at Cooper Hospital.
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2 Girls, Youth Held in Probe of Fatal Card Game Holdup
Luigi Tortu, 21, of 426 Line Street, and two girls, Pearl Wills of Delair and Evelyn Buffa of 810 Florence Street, were held by Camden city and county police after Angelos Malagas, a restaurant cook shot in the January 11, 1938 holdup of a card game at 725 Penn Street, died in Cooper Hospital 13 days later.
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Man Shot in Holdup of Card Game Dies
Angelo Margolis, 38, of 1112 Langham Avenue, a chef and father of 13 who was shot when two bandits held up a card game at 725 Penn Street on January 11, 1938, died in Cooper Hospital, and a murder warrant was issued for his assailant.
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Cops Find No Trace of Man Identified as One of Bandits
Police of four states hunted a known suspect in the holdup of a card game at 725 Penn Street in which Angelo Margolis, 38, of 1110 Langham Avenue was seriously wounded; the card players were held as material witnesses.
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Two Players Wounded As 2 Bandits Hold Up Card Game on Penn St.
Two men were shot, one seriously, when two masked, armed bandits robbed a card game at 725 Penn Street, escaping with more than $600. Camden Courier-Post, January 11, 1938.
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Hundreds Pay Tribute to Mrs. M'Taggart
Hundreds paid tribute to Mrs. Ruth McTaggart, wife of Patrolman John McTaggart, at the funeral home of Frank J. Leonard, 1451 Broadway. She died in Cooper Hospital while her husband's friends were honoring him at a St. Patrick's Day party in Eagles Hall.
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Will of Charles S. Boyer Is Admitted to Probate
New Jersey Mirror - February 10, 1937 Contains Number of Bequests to Charities in Camden County The will of Charles S. Boyer , late of Moorestown, was admitted to probate by Surrogate George B. Bitting on Monday.
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2 Policemen Hurt by Prisoners Here
Two Camden policemen were injured in battles with alleged drunken prisoners at police headquarters; Earl Wright suffered a fractured nose.
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Bed Sheet Rips to Fail Attempt at Suicide
John Williams, 82, of 860 North 28th Street, allegedly attempted suicide in August 1936 by tying a bed sheet about his neck and dropping from a second-story window. The sheet ripped and he fell to the ground, and was treated at Cooper Hospital.
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Wife Hurt in Fall Fleeing Angry Man
Mrs. Blanche Thatcher, 56, of 2203 Howell Street, East Camden, was hurt in a 20-foot fall from a porch roof while fleeing her husband, who tried to break into a bedroom with an ax. Camden Courier-Post, August 4, 1936.
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Delay in Paying Fare for Taxicab Adds $5 to Cost
If Mr. Blazy Finch had paid his cab fare in the first place, he would be $5 richer today.
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Man's Skull Fractured in Automobile Crash
Camden Courier-Post - December 15, 1934 Injured when his car overturned after a collision at Third and State streets yesterday, William Russell, Jr. , 907 York street , is in Cooper Hospital with a fractured skull.
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5 Hurt as Bus Skids Into Fire Engine at River Road and Federal Street
A Camden fire engine bound for the fire training school and a Public Service bus collided on wet pavement at River Road and Federal Street, injuring fireman Harry Hess and four bus passengers.