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Samuel S. Buzine
Samuel S. Buzine (1844–1917) was a founding member of Camden's first paid fire department in 1869, serving 42 years and rising to Assistant Chief Engineer.
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Edward S. Hyde
Edward S. Hyde rose through the Camden Police Department from patrolman to acting chief, served as a Camden County Freeholder, and died in 1930.
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Wilson L. Bromley
Wilson L. Bromley came into the world in New Jersey, around the year 1853, as the child of Joseph and Ann Eliza Bromley. His father, Joseph Bromley, earned his living as a boilermaker.
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Death of Samuel Buzine
Former Assistant Fire Chief Samuel Buzine died at his Holly Beach summer home following a heat stroke, survived by son William Buzine and four daughters.
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Retired Fireman Hurt in Fall
Former Assistant Fire Chief Samuel Buzine was seriously injured falling from the roof of his Spruce Street home while clearing snow.
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Camden News Notes — December 31, 1911
Former Assistant Fire Chief Samuel Buzine recovers from a Cooper Hospital operation, plus notes on Mayor's order against street fakirs and a strike at the Castle Kid Works.
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Fought Fire 40 Years — Retires on July 1
Camden's veteran Assistant Chief Samuel Buzine, who fought fire for nearly forty years, retires on a pension July 1, 1911.
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Four Generations in the Buzine Family
Four generations gather at a family reunion held by Assistant Fire Chief Samuel Buzine and his wife; the group includes Police Captain Edward Hyde, who married into the Buzine family.
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Assistant Fire Chiefs Sent to New Stations
Second Assistant Fire Chief George Cox and new appointee Chas. Fitzsimmons, Jr. took up the Kaighn Avenue fire house, while Assistant Fire Chief Samuel Buzine, Richard Marter and Harry Selby were transferred to Headquarters.
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Robinson Rescues Camden Widow from Flames
Mrs. Sophia Franks, a widow, of 1023 Francis street, Camden, was rescued from a fire started by her own children by Assistant Fire Chief Buzine and Fireman Charles Robinson.
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Camden's Pride Parades Before City's People
Camden's policemen and firemen make their first formal turnout in review, drilled to a military carriage; the Philadelphia Inquirer describes the procession, its officers, and the growth of the departments since 1862.
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Camden's Fire Chief Re-elected
Camden City Council re-elected Samuel S. Elfreth chief engineer of the Fire Department and Samuel Buzine assistant chief.
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John Stockton Appointed Fire Foreman
John Stockton, of the Fourth ward, has been appointed foreman of engine house No. 1, of Camden, in place of Samuel Buzine, appointed Assistant Engineer.
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Inception of the First Paid Fire Department in the US
During the Civil War, Camden purchased its first steam fire apparatus on June 4, 1864 the Independence Fire Company No. 3 purchased an Amoskeag steamer for $3250. This apparatus was a third class, single pump style with serial #92.