Streets
Winslow Street
Winslow Street in South Camden, NJ, runs west from Broadway: rowhomes in the 300 and 400 blocks, the Howland Croft Sons & Co. textile mill that burned in 2011, and the Tucker Stevedoring v. Southwark Manufacturing case.
Tag
Delaware River
News Articles
Signal Award Presented to Police Hero
Patrolman Peter Yecco received the Camden Police Department's Distinguished Service Award for a Delaware River rescue; among 16 officers commended was Sergeant Earl Wright.
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Camden Fire Alarms
Courier-Post list of Camden fire alarms from midnight Sunday to midnight Monday, including fires on Stevens and Benson Streets, a rubbish fire on North 3rd Street and an auto fire at 4th and Viola Streets.
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Man Hangs Self in North Camden
Raymond J. Kuntz, 35, a Standard Tank and Seat Co. worker who lived at 78 Vine Street, was found hanging in the cellar of his home by Mrs. Alice Martz of 603 North Front Street and his mother; Coroner Robert Blake listed his death as suicide.
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3 Friends Fail To Save Youth Drowned Here
Front-page Camden Courier-Post account of the June 1, 1938 drowning of 18-year-old Pasquale Barbalace of 1551 Norris Street in the Delaware River near Petty's Island, while three companions — among them Joseph Piotrowski of 1167 Chase Street — tried in vain to save him.
Historical Accounts
Tucker Stevedoring Co. v. Southwark Mfg. Co.
Tucker Stevedoring Co. v. Southwark Mfg. Co., 24 F.2d 410, a February 20, 1928 Third Circuit opinion on the loss of the Southwark Manufacturing Company's imported chalk when the scow Katie sank at its Camden wharf in November 1923.
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Frank Ahern Drowned While Reaching for an Oar
Frank Ahern, 22, of 416 Arch Street, drowned in the Delaware off Thirty-third Street, Camden, when he reached for an oar while in a rowboat; his companions were unable to save him.
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Heroic Chum Near Dies As Boy Drowns
Russell Horner, 14, son of Camden police sergeant William Horner, drowned in the Delaware off the old Red Mill at Pea Shore. His body was recovered the following morning after an all-night search by police and friends of the family.