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James Andrews Injured
James Andrews, aged 8, of 713 Jane Street was seriously injured when knocked down by a bicyclist near his home and taken unconscious to Cooper Hospital.
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Camden News Notes — February 1, 1903
Camden briefs for February 1, 1903, including Captain Stanley's raid on William W. Woomer's barber shop at 264 Kaighn Avenue on a warrant sworn out by Mrs. Edna M. Laird.
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Woman Fractures Ankle in Fall From Step
Mary McDonald of Ferry Avenue and Mechanic Street fell from the step at 712 Woodland Avenue while returning a call, fractured her right ankle and was admitted to Cooper Hospital.
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Camden Notes — September 6, 1902
A column of Camden briefs for September 6, 1902, opening with Captain Arthur Stanley's appointment as aide-de-camp to State Commander Hann of the New Jersey G.A.R.
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Fire Engine Wrecked; Four Firemen Hurt
Four Camden firemen were injured when Chemical Engine No. 2 overturned after its front wheels caught in a trolley switch at Second Street while it was answering an alarm at Front Street and Kaighn Avenue.
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Boys Playing With Matches Started a Big Fire
Boys playing with matches behind the Market House on Federal Street started the biggest fire in Camden's history on May 13, 1900, destroying nearly half a hundred buildings along Federal Street and Taylor Avenue before four Philadelphia engine companies helped master it.
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Over in Camden
The Philadelphia Inquirer's Camden roundup of July 31, 1899: Theodore Shaw of 434 Henry street sent home from Cooper Hospital after a stabbing, a tandem-bicycle scorching arrest on the Mt. Ephraim pike, and a gasoline-stove fire at Albert K. Snyder's restaurant at 311 Kaighn avenue.
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Knife Thrusts in Two Loving Hearts
Edward Oswald fatally stabbed his wife and six-year-old daughter at 926 Jefferson Avenue and then cut his own throat; a second daughter escaped with a neighbour's help. Police Captain Stanley ordered the bodies removed to the home of Mrs. Oswald's brother.
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Over in Camden
The Philadelphia Inquirer's Camden roundup of December 22, 1898: an incorporation, a missing boy, a burglary, a man charged with stealing overcoats and captured at the Federal Street Ferry, and city officials and policemen down with the grip.
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Child Neglected, Injured by Fire
Two-year-old Mary Kauffman of Viola Street and Ferry Avenue was admitted to Cooper Hospital with burns from a bonfire, and neighbors contended that the child was neglected by her parents.
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Smith Dies From His Injuries
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.
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Fell and Lay Senseless
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.
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Shot Her Husband
Michael McCusker, superintendent of the Union News Company at the Federal street station, was shot in the abdomen at his home, 206 Benson street, and died at Cooper Hospital; his wife Florence McCusker was charged with his murder.
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Taylor Shot to Kill Him
Robert Taylor shoots Sumner Derrickson in a gambling dispute on Baxter Street; Derrickson taken to Cooper Hospital, Taylor arrested at the Federal Street ferry.
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Two Men Shot in a Race Riot in Camden
A race riot in South Camden's Seventh Ward leaves two men wounded; police, including Policemen Hyde and McClung, exchange pistol fire with the combatants and make several arrests.
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Tossed From an Engine
Extra driver George Wade of Camden's Engine Company No. 2 had his left leg broken when thrown from the engine while responding to an alarm in 1897; the fire was at the Temple College Academy, 534 Penn Street.
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Over in Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer column of Camden news briefs, August 13, 1896: a hay-stack arson charge at Audubon, a damage-suit bail, a bicycle theft, and Cooper Hospital cases including Amy Mann of 314 Atlantic avenue.
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Over In Camden
A Philadelphia Inquirer column of Camden news: barking dogs frightened burglars from James Croker's saloon at Fourth and Jasper Streets, and John L. Lattimore of 1120 Locust Street broke his leg jumping from a car in the Bulson Street yard.
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Over in Camden
A column of Camden news briefs from the Philadelphia Inquirer, March 18, 1895 — including fires at the homes of Albert Fleet and Samuel Harring, and the arrest of sneak thief Samuel Harmon, who tried to strip a clothes line in Policeman Schregler's own back yard.
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Inquest for Rosa Bertholet
Coroner Justice was to hold an inquest into the death of Rosa Bertholet of 869 Fairview Street, who was struck by a Reading Railroad train and died a few hours later in Cooper Hospital.
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A Husband's Terrible Deed
Officer Benjamin Middleton responded to a shooting and slashing at 527 Ray Street, the home of Nellie Walker, where a man named Mason attacked his wife. The woman was taken to Cooper Hospital in critical condition.
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Over in Camden
The Philadelphia Inquirer's Camden roundup of August 12, 1891: saloonkeeper William Gallagher of 106 Kaighn avenue pays his Sunday-selling fine, the Rev. J. Livingston Allen of the Kaighn Avenue Methodist Church marks his silver anniversary, and Thomas Guthridge sues the West Jersey Railroad Company for $10,000.
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John Crossley and John Conroy Injured
Philadelphia Inquirer - August 4, 1890. John Crossley of 1116 Broadway and John Conroy of 632 Cedar Street were admitted to Cooper Hospital, one with a fractured nose and the other with a lacerated hand.
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Attacked With a Butcher Knife
William McCann of 124 Taylor Avenue came home drunk, slashed at his son Robert with a butcher knife and cut neighbor John Tweedy, who had come to quiet the fight. Officer Harry Miller arrested him.
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Accidents of the Day
The Philadelphia Inquirer of July 5, 1889 lists five Fourth of July firearm and firework victims admitted to Cooper Hospital in Camden, including Edward Weston of 747 Berkley Street, who suffered a lacerated hand from a cannon shot.
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Camden News
Three Cooper Hospital admissions, including William Nefton of 215 Taylor's Avenue, injured at the Camden Iron Works, and the towing away of the yacht Bonnie Doon while it was under attachment.
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The Logue Assault
The Quarter Sessions Court trial of John F. Stratton and Henry Mellon, charged with the May 6, 1888 knife and blackjack attack on Joseph Logue near Starr's crossing, Tenth and Line streets, with testimony from Logue, Miss Sarah Lewine, Christopher Smith, Dr. Henry Jarrett, Charles R. Locke and Knight Haines.
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Cooper Hospital - 1876-11-01
The approaches to this grand monument of the beneficence of the Coopers have been paved and placed in good condition.