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Salem Street

Salem Street from Ferry Avenue - 2004-02-22
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Salem Street

Salem Street is a one-block street running from Ferry Avenue south to Viola Street. Homes at 1831 through 1841 Salem Street first appear in the 1890-1891 Camden City Directory.

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Railroad Car Looters Get Stiff Jail Terms - Camden Courier-Post, October 9, 1936
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Railroad Car Looters Get Stiff Jail Terms

Police Judge Lewis Liberman sentenced two men to a total of one year each in jail for stealing mattresses and rags from a railroad freight car on Van Hook street, and a third to six months for failing to register with the bureau of criminal registration.

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Camden Courier-Post clipping, October 7, 1936: 2 Seized in Thefts From Freight Cars
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2 Seized in Thefts From Freight Cars

Two men arrested for robbing boxcars in the Camden freight yards and a third charged with failing to register as a criminal were to be arraigned before Police Judge Lewis Liberman, Camden Courier-Post, October 7, 1936.

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Games Wanted column, Camden Courier-Post, June 3, 1932, with amateur baseball clubs seeking opponents.
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Games Wanted

Courier-Post sports listing of Camden-area amateur baseball clubs seeking games, among them the Sterling A. C., which gave its contact as Albert Flacco of 332 Viola Street.

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Newspaper clipping: "15th Victim Dies in Gas Plant Blast", Camden Courier-Post, March 11, 1932
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15th Victim Dies in Gas Plant Blast

With the death toll from the gas blast at the Public Service Electric & Gas Co. plant at Locust and Cherry streets increased to 15, families began burying their dead; Spiro Cecich, 37, of 1815 Salem Street died in Cooper Hospital.

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George Torgun
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George Torgun

George Torgun, originally named Gieorgiej Torgun, came into the world on April 23, 1923, as the child of Grzegorz and Marja Torgun in what is known today as Worotinici, Belarus.

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