Pleasant Street

CAMDEN — A fire Tuesday night in abandoned row homes in the 2800 block of Pleasant Street was brought under control in less than an hour, Camden County emergency dispatch said.

The blaze was reported at 11:06 p.m. and brought under control at 11:53 p.m. No injuries were reported. Initial reports to the emergency dispatch said four homes were affected; a Courier-Post photographer at the scene said three homes appeared to be affected.

It was the second fire Tuesday on the block. At 2:21 a.m. Tuesday, a fire at 2810 Pleasant St. was brought under control in 15 minutes.

The fire Tuesday night started in 2812 Pleasant St.

A city deputy fire chief on duty Wednesday morning here said he had just come on duty and had no information on the fires.

CAMDEN — A one-alarm fire early this morning in a vacant dwelling in the 2800 block of Pleasant Street was brought under control in 15 minutes, Camden County emergency dispatch said.

Initial reports had fire showing from the second floor of a two-story, wood-frame building. The blaze was reported at 2:21 a.m. and brought under control at 2:36 a.m.

45 Couples Enter Novel Grind at Central Airport Hangar

Four thousand spectators braved rainy weather to witness the opening of Walter E. Tebbetts' “Walkathon” endurance contest at the hanger at Central Airport last night.

At the stroke of nine, 45 couples, all residents of South Jersey or Philadelphia, went out on the floor to compete in an endurance grind that may last three months or more.

Of the ninety contestants, only eight are veteran marathoners. The others are new to endurance competition. It is the first contest of its kind to be conducted in this vicinity.

Many Unemployed

Many of the entrants were there admittedly because of unemployment; the first prize of $1000 as well as weekly prizes and floor money attract them.

Team No. 20 is a striking example of this fact. They are Mrs. Dorothy Carnes and her 19 year-old son John, of 2831 Pleasant Street. Mrs. Carnes expects—as does every other contestant—to be the winner of the grand prize. She has to win it, she told interviewers; her husband, Charles is out of work and there is no other way in which the family can get food.

One Car in Two Mishaps; All Occur Within an Hour

Ten persons were injured within an hour last night in seven accidents throughout Camden.

The first accident occurred at Twenty-eighth and Thompson streets where a car driven by Mrs. Sarah A. Mole, 39, of 2903 Pleasant Street, struck a five-year-old boy who ran from the sidewalk into the path of the automobile.

The boy, John Smith, 5, of 2801 Pleasant street, suffered cuts on the right arm and leg. Mrs. Mole placed him in her car, then requested Charles Johnson, 32, of 2840 Thompson street, to drive the car to Cooper Hospital. Johnson agreed and with Julius Braxton, 18, a friend, of 2933 Thompson street, Mrs. Mole and the Smith boy started for the hospital.

At Twenty-seventh street and Saunders Avenue, the second accident occurred when Mrs. Mole's car, driven by Johnson, crashed with another car driven by H. Lem White, 43, of 730 Colford avenue, Collingswood. Johnson, Mrs. Mole and Braxton all were cut and bruised in the crash and were taken, with the Smith boy to the hospital by another motorist.

Meanwhile at Baird avenue and Marlton pike, an automobile driven by Miss Virginia M. Brickner, 18, of 27 Cuthbert Road, Westmont, was overturned in a collision with another car driven by George W. Garner, 31, of 235 Morse street, a city fireman. Miss Brickner was treated at Cooper Hospital for shock and bruises.

Two accidents occurred at Sixteenth street and Crescent Boulevard. In the first, Charles C. Markley, 30, of 1040 Sycamore avenue, Haddon Heights, attempted to stop his car when another machine cut in front of him. Markley's car overturned at the curbstone, and was wrecked, but Markley escaped injury.

A Palmyra mother and her four year-old daughter were injured when the shaft of a bread wagon broke two windows in their car and showered them with glass, at the same intersection.

The car was driven by Mrs. Dorothy Creager, 32, of 737 Garfield Avenue, Palmyra. She was cut, as was her daughter, Helen, 4. The driver of the wagon, Jackson Kircher, of 159 West Avenue, Westville, was not injured. William H. Anderson, 7, of 810 Chambers avenue, Gloucester, was treated last night at Cooper Hospital for a leg fracture suffered when struck by an automobile at Brown street, near Paul, Gloucester. Mrs. Anna Hammond, of 136 Snyder Avenue, Westville, took the boy to the hospital and reported to Gloucester police.

I went to the Pleasant Street web-page looking for my Grandmother's and Grandpop's information. I figured you probably needed some information on it.

At 2908 Pleasant St.; Thomas P. Stanton and Regina M. Stanton. I was born there in 1938; 2910 Pleasant St., Last name Gerber; On the corner of 29th & Pleasant St; was Wesley? The house is gone & torn down.

Today both 2908 & 2910, twin homes, are ready for the wrecking ball. Across the street at 2903 the was Gunson family, Jim Gunson of Robert, a WWII war hero, Purple Heart, was Jim's dad. Jim & I are good friends to this day. Next door to Jim, also a twin home, the last name was Pine. On the side toward 30th St.; before the PRR Pemberton Branch, across from 2908 & 2910 was … I'll get the name from Jim, very nice people, the husband used a piece of pipe to get the TV signals and it worked.

We could always see Pavonia RR Yard behind the house. My Grand pop worked for the PRR.