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On his retirement, Chief John J. Mogck Jr. wrote a farewell letter to the Camden Fire Department, retiring alongside Captains John DiMaggio, Robert Olesiewicz and Anthony Orme and firefighters Philip MacDonald and William Stone after 39 years in the 1st Battalion.
Outgoing Camden fire chief Theodore Primas presented awards to two citizens and fire personnel, including those who fought a fire at 2930 Cramer St.; John J. Mogck Jr. was sworn in as the new chief.
Two young brothers died and a Camden man was critically burned when fire swept a row house at 825 Fern Street in North Camden, April 3, 1970, as firemen also fought a blaze at 531 N. 9th Street.
The hour-long effort of a fire department rescue squad saved Mrs. Florence Marshall, 46, of 330 North Tenth street, who had locked herself in the bathroom and turned on a gas jet.