Historical Accounts
Hook & Ladder Company No 1
With new 1914 American LaFrance 75', 4 cyliner aerial ladder, in front of Fire Headquarters.
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Henry Harry Green
News Articles
Lightning Starts Fires, Hits Trees, Stuns Three Boys
A sudden electrical storm on August 18, 1915 struck Camden hardest: lightning shocked three boys sheltering under an awning at Tenth and Penn streets, and set fires at the Parkside school, a Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, the Toone & Hollinshed department store at Broadway and Kaighn avenue, and the Camden Curtain Rod Factory at Broadway and Jackson streets.
News Articles
New Firemen Added to Camden's Force
With the Camden Fire Department spreading across the city, City Council's Fire Committee appointed additional firemen, naming one or two men from each of the twelve wards.