People
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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Sherman Avenue
People
Laurence W. Newton
Laurence W. Newton (1896–1946) rose through the Camden Fire Department to Battalion Chief, saving a child from a burning building at Sixth and Van Hook Streets and shutting off a leaking gas main amid flames at Constitution and Argus Roads in 1942. He lived at 2816 Howell Street in East Camden.
People
Allen F. Hess
Allen F. Hess Sr. was born in Camden on April 16, 1926, to Mary and Harry Hess . By 1927, the family resided at 2733 Sherman Avenue in Cramer Hill. Harry Hess joined the Camden Fire Department on April 4, 1928, and served for many years.
Streets
29th Street
29th Street runs from the Delaware River south across River Road to the Pavonia railroad yards, then from Pleasant Street to Westfield Avenue and from Federal Street to Clinton Street. It is North 29th Street above Federal and South 29th below.
Streets
Cooper Street
One of Camden's oldest and most storied streets, named after the Cooper family. Covers the full length from the waterfront to the 2000 block, including the Victor Talking Machine Company, Esterbrook Pen Company, Johnson Park, the Hotel Plaza, the Walt Whitman Hotel, the Elks Lodge, and East Camden's other Cooper Street.
People
Robert E. Allenbach
ROBERT E. ALLENBACH was the Chief of Police in Camden, New Jersey from 1998 through 2004.
Streets
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.
News Articles
Helmrich-Hess Engagement
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Helmrich Jr., of 125 South 27th Street, announced the engagement of their daughter, Esther Pauline Helmrich, to Allen Frederick Hess, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Hess, of 2733 Sherman Avenue. The wedding was planned for spring.
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U. S. Tire Service
Page 13 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for U. S. Tire Service at 920 Market Street and Murphy Auto Body Works at Twenty-Seventh St. and Sherman Ave., around an installment of the parish history telling of the West Jersey missions of the Reverend Theodore Schneider and "Father Farmer."
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5 Hurt as Bus Skids Into Fire Engine at River Road and Federal Street
A Camden fire engine bound for the fire training school and a Public Service bus collided on wet pavement at River Road and Federal Street, injuring fireman Harry Hess and four bus passengers.
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East Camden Briefs
A column of East Camden notes for November 9, 1923: lodge and V.F.W. meetings at William Penn Hall and Red Men's Hall, and word that Mrs. William L. Adams of 414 North 27th Street was recovering from a serious illness.
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3 Policemen Hurt As Car Hits Ambulance
Collision Occurs as Machine Speeds to Home of Man Who Attempted Suicide Three Camden policemen were injured, one of them seriously, last night, when the First district auto ambulance was struck by a trolley car while responding to a call from 2310 Carman street , where Bodine Stratton, 39 years old, had shot himself over the heart.
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Dog Bite Victims
Two dog-bite victims, three-year-old William Willoughby of Sherman Avenue and 29-year-old Edward Nelson of Benson Street, were treated at Cooper Hospital, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported on August 1, 1915.
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Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective
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.