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Spiro Cecich

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

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

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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PS Purifier Detonates in South Camden - 1932-03-09 -1
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P.S. Purifier Detonates in South Camden

Explosion at Locust and Cherry Traps Workers in Structure; Victims Mostly Temporary Employees Cleaning Metal Tank FOUR OTHERS INJURED, ONE MAY DIE; POISONOUS FUMES HAMPER RESCUE A terrific explosion in the purifying plant of the Public Service Gas and Electric Company at the Southeast corner of Locust and Cherry Streets killed 14 men today and injured four others, one of whom may die.

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