Firefighters battle flames, icy weather during Venice Park blaze

From the Atlantic City Press published: Tuesday, February 12, 2008

By ELAINE ROSE Staff Writer, 609-272-7215

Ed Jordan, 101, was found dead in the second-story bedroom of an Atlantic City home destroyed by fire on Monday. Jordan began his public service with Atlantic City on the Police Department in the 1920s, then transferred to the city's Fire Department, where he later retired a deputy chief. photo provided by Atlantic City fire officials.

ATLANTIC CITY - A 101-year-old man was killed in a house fire Monday night in the Venice Park section, as about 40 firefighters battled frigid temperatures and icy winds along with the flames, a fire official said.

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From the Atlantic City Press published: Saturday, February 9, 2008

Four people, two of them teenagers, were injured in a two-car collision Saturday night in Hammonton, police said.

According to Hammonton police Sgt. Kevin Friel, a 20-year-old Hammonton woman was driving north on Ninth Street at 8:25 p.m. when she struck a car heading west on South Egg Harbor Road. Friel said she failed to yield to the other car at the intersection.

She and a 13-year-old male passenger, also from Hammonton, were taken by ambulance to William B. Kessler Memorial Hospital in Hammonton and Cooper Medical Center in Camden, respectively. A second male passenger, a 16-year-old Folsom resident, was taken by helicopter to Cooper along with the 52-year-old driver of the second car, a Hammonton woman.

The injuries the four victims suffered were unspecified, Friel said, and their names were not released.

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911 Response In Fatal Fire Criticized

From the The Intelligencer

By Christin Kristofic

DOYLESTOWN, Pa

When Brenda Orr called 911 the morning of Jan. 29 to report that her bed was on fire and she couldn’t get out, the phone rang seven times before an operator picked up and put her on hold.

It was almost a full minute from the time Orr dialed 911 before another operator picked up and asked about her emergency.

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From the Atlantic City Press published: Friday, February 8, 2008

Several Margate firefighters and police officers are credited with saving the life of a woman who ended up in the bay off Amherst Avenue early Sunday morning.

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From the Atlantic City Press published: Sunday, February 3, 2008

An elderly man was struck by a car at Route 30 and Liverpool Avenue in Egg Harbor City on Saturday evening, according to police.

Officer Mike Luko said that the 70-year-old was crossing the highway shortly after 6:30 p.m. when he was hit by a westbound car. He was sent to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Campus, in Atlantic City with unspecified injuries, Luko said.

There were no charges pending for the driver of the car, a 65-year-old woman whose name was not released. The Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office is assisting in the investigation, Luko said.

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From the Atlantic City Press published: Sunday, February 3, 2008

A Hammonton woman was killed Saturday when her car drifted into the path of a tractor-trailer on Route 206, according to State Police.

The accident took place shortly before 10:45 a.m. in Shamong Township, Burlington County. The 69-year-old woman was heading south when her car drove into the northbound lane at milepost 8.5, police said, striking the tractor-trailer.

She was taken to Cooper University Hospital in Camden, police said, where she was later pronounced dead.

The woman's name was not released pending notification of her family, police said. The driver of the tractor-trailer was not charged.

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