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Daniel Breslin

Southwest Corner of Locust Street and Spruce street - 1912
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Locust Street

Locust Street ran south from Beckett Street to Mechanic Street between South 2nd and South 3rd Streets in Camden; its 700 block was known as Oak Street until about 1883 and its 600 block as John Street in the 1870s. Homes and businesses disappeared block by block after World War II, and the last structure, at 1128 Locust, was razed after a fire in 2010.

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Newspaper clipping: "Fatally Crushed by an Elevator", Camden Post-Telegram, March 24, 1900
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Fatally Crushed by an Elevator

Daniel Breslin, 16, was crushed to death while running a freight elevator at the Fries-Breslin Smyrna Rug Works in South Camden; his body was taken to his parents' home at 1241 Locust Street.

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