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Camden firemen and policemen paid their final respects to stout-hearted Jack Airedale yesterday. The beloved mascot of Headquarters Fire Company, Fifth and Arch streets, whose life was crushed out under the wheels of truck No. 2, his own wagon, Monday, was accorded a hero's funeral. His body was interred in teh cemetary at the rear of St. Paul's and the First Baptist churches, close by his fire station home, and taps were sounded at 5p.m., just as the sun was setting in the west.
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Taps Sound for Jack Airedale, Canine Mascot of Fire Laddies

Camden Courier-Post – November 7, 1934
Camden firemen and policemen paid their final respects to stout-hearted Jack Airedale yesterday.

November 7, 1934