THE YEAR 1914

SPAN OF A CENTURY
1828-1928
100 YEARS IN THE HISTORY OF CAMDEN AS A CITY

COMPILED FROM NOTES ANDS DATA COLLECTED BY
CHARLES S. BOYER
PRESIDENT CAMDEN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PUBLISHED BY
CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE
OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND NOTES BY PHILLIP COHEN IN 2003

A blizzard struck Camden on March 2, 1914. It crippled the trolley lines and steam railroads, and the city was plunged into darkness because of the many fallen wires. The snow fall was 10 inches and the thermometer registered 16 degrees.