Clarence
Madden

CLARENCE T. MADDEN was born June 5, 1883. He was first appointed to the Camden Fire Department on July 1, 1910, and served with Engine Company Number 5, stationed at 5th and Arch Street. Camden's Fire Department was still using horse- drawn equipment when he began his service. 

In 1922 Clarence Madden was raised to Lieutenant, and on April 3, 1928 was promoted to senior captain of Engine Company 6. By 1930 he had moved to East Camden, not far from the fire station at 27th and Federal Street. Clarence Madden was named battalion chief on November 21, 1944 and deputy chief of the Camden Fire Department on December 16, 1949. His last assignment prior to retiring was as the fire commander for the Second Fire District, based at 27th & Federal Street. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Chief Madden lived at 2760 Mickle Street in East Camden, a short walk from the firehouse. 

Deputy Chief Madden applied for his pension in July of 1950, a mandatory retirement at 65 law having been passed covering police and firemen. His last day on the fire department was August 31, 1950, when he retired along with Firemen John Prucella, Spencer Smith Sr., and Frank L'Esperance.

By 1959 he had moved to 635 Eldridge Avenue in Oaklyn NJ. Clarence Madden passed away in May of 1963. He was survived by his son Clarence T. Madden Jr. 

Camden Courier-Post - April 4, 1928

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Thomas Nicholas - John H. Lennox - Rollo Jones - William Harring - Clarence Madden
George B. Wade - William W. Patterson - George Hunt - David Ellis - George Saunders
Eli Hunt - William Van Pfefferle - William H. Toy - Leo J. Tomkins - Horace T. Molan
Laurence Boulton - George W. Garner - Felix E. Bendzyn - Harry H. Hess - Charles Jones
Ladder Company 1 - Engine Company 3
Engine Company 6 - Engine Company 7 - Engine Company 9
 27th Street - Arch Street - Broadway -  Clinton Street
Federal Street -  Ferry Avenue - York Street

East Camden Firehouse

        At the intersection of 27th and Federal Streets, sits the Firehouse,
along with a  Police Station, and Public Library that were built built between 1903 and 1906. The firehouse is still in use in 2003. 

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