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John H. Vickers

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John H. Vickers

John H. Vickers (1863–1939) served with the Camden Fire Department from 1904, rising to Captain of Engine Company 9 in 1924, and lived with his family at 202 North 27th Street from 1920.

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William E. Jaeckel fire department personnel record
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William E. Jaeckel

William E. "Pud" Jaeckel (1888–1961) joined the Camden Fire Department in 1920 and served over thirty years with Engine Company 9 at North 27th and Federal Streets in East Camden, retiring on pension in January 1951.

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Looking south on North 30th Street from Howell Street, December 27, 2005
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30th Street

Thirtieth Street runs from the Delaware River south, across River Road to the Pavonia railroad switching yard, then to Westfield Avenue and on to Federal Street, and to the intersection of Line Street and Beacon Avenue, just above Waldorf Street. It is North 30th Street above Federal and South 30th below.

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27th Street and Federal Street - 1950s
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27th Street

27th Street runs from the Delaware River through Cramer Hill and East Camden to Marlton Avenue. Originally called Fulton Street before the 1899 annexation of Stockton Township, it was one of the main thoroughfares of the neighborhood and home to football star Mike Rozier.

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14 Firemen Win City Promotions, Camden Daily Courier, May 21, 1920
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14 Firemen Win City Promotions

A Camden Daily Courier report of May 21, 1920 on the promotion of fourteen members of the Camden fire department. Charles Watkins was among those advanced to the rank of lieutenant.

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Portraits of Harry Duffield, Fred Coursey, and Linnans Staley
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Boy's Brutal Murderer Collapses at Hearing

Fred Coursey and Harry Duffield collapse in Police Court as Detective John Painter recounts the robbery killing of 18-year-old Karl Kellmann at Twenty-seventh and Sherman streets; Linnans Staley is committed as a principal.

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New Firemen Added to Camden's Force newspaper clipping
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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.

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More Firemen for Camden newspaper clipping
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More Firemen for Camden

The Fire Committee of Camden City Council appointed a slate of new firemen — among them Martin Carrigan — ahead of the completion of the new fire house at Twelfth and Federal streets.

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Sixteen Appointed to Fire Department newspaper clipping
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Sixteen Appointed to Fire Department

Meeting at the home of its ailing chairman, Dr. Frank Neall Robinson, the fire committee of Camden City Council recommended sixteen men — Martin Carrigan among them — for appointment to the Fire Department, drawn from wards throughout the city.

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Eighteen New Firemen Named newspaper clipping
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Eighteen New Firemen Named

City Council's Fire Committee named eighteen new firemen — Martin Carrigan among them — sixteen of whom would not report for duty until the new fire house was ready the following July.

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