Camden People - Horace Cairns

HORACE P. CAIRNS was born in Pennsylvania around 1872. The 1906 Camden City Directory shows Horace Cairns living at 515 Newton Avenue. He was then working as a streetcar conductor.

When the census was taken on April 15, 1910 Horace Cairns was living at 497 Newton Avenue in South Camden with his wife Annie, mother-in-law Mary Coile and brother Michael Coile.

On July 1, 1910 the Camden Fire Department's Engine Company 7 went into service at its new firehouse at 1115 Kaighn Avenue. Horace Cairns was one of the original members of the company. He was then living at 621 Newton Avenue. This was still his address in 1918. Horace Cairns was promoted to captain during the 1920s, and was assigned to the newly formed Engine Company 10. By 1924 he had moved to 623 Newton Avenue. He was still living at 623 Newton Avenue when the census was enumerated in April of 1930. Shortly afterwards he retired. Fire Department records from 1931 show him living in Atlantic City, New Jersey..

Horace Cairns was last a resident of 115 Oakland Avenue in Audubon, New Jersey. He passed away on March 11, 1942 and was buried at New St. Mary's Cemetery in Bellmawr, New Jersey.

Camden Fire Department - 1914 Chief Engineer's Report

Engine Company No. 7 Location 1115 Kaighn Avenue. Second-class Metropolitan Engine and Combination Chemical and Hose Wagon. Went into service July 1, 1910. Carries 900 feet of 2-1/2-inch hose.
	Rank	Age	Residence	Salary
Charles A. Todd	Captain	52	618 S. Fourth Street	$1,140.00
Joseph Sparks	Lieutenant	31	624 S. Fifth Street	$960.00
John A. Dold	Engineer	53	1301 Park Boulevard	$1,140.00
Elmer Burkett	Stoker	47	1009 Penn Street	$1,020.00
Roy Smith	Driver	30	607 Carman Street	$960.00
William Hunsinger	Driver	37	741 Walnut Street	$ 960.00
George Boone	Hoseman	38	605 Mt. Vernon Street	$ 960.00
Sylvester McGrath	Hoseman	35	605 St. John Street	$ 960.00
Horace Cairns	Hoseman	42	621 Newton Avenue	$1,020.00

Engine Company No. 5 at 14th and Federal Streets, with newly converted hose wagon. Originally a horse drawn rig, it was modified to electric power by the Commercial Truck Company of Philadelphia PA. A storage battery powered each wheel.
Pictured with apparatus are (I to r): Chief Peter Carter, Fireman W. Scott Franklin, Chauffeur Bert Coffman, Firemen Edward Kelley, William Buzine, John Prucella, Charles Schultz, Horace Cairns, Daniel Grimes and Chief's Aide, Fireman Harry Hankins.

Philadelphia Inquirer - March 23, 1918

Peter B. Carter - Harry B. Maxwell - Allen Palmer - Louis Neumann - George H. Pursglove Roy DeHaven - Julius Herbert - Harry W. Stone - Joseph Sparks - Robert Knox - Clarence Pursglove Anthony Paradise - Robert Welsh - Walter Mertz - Horace Cairns - Samuel Whitzell

Camden Courier-Post
March 11, 1943

Camden Courier-Post
March 12, 1943

	Camden Daily Courier September 18, 1920 Horace Cairns - William Miller Harry Selby - Charles Gall Spencer Smith - Howard C. Walker Rocco Fanelli - Harry J. Zander Mortica Clark - James McDermott James Durkin - Frank Burt George C. Wade - Samuel E. Patton William Reynolds - Harry Hallowell Howard Harrington - Henry Baumgartel Walter Carter - George Henry Johnson Louis D. Stevens - Roscoe Tribbett Benjamin Walters - W. Scott Franklin George Cattell - Joseph Daley Anthony Valentine - David Smith Carlo Lombardo - George Pursglove John Hunt - Robert Gick Nelson Till - Herman Kreher

Engine Company 10 - Ladder Company 4 - Engine Company 1 Engine Company 2 - Engine Company 3 - Engine Company 2 - Engine Company 7 Engine Company 8 - Engine Company 9 Hose & Chemical Company 2 (Engine Company 11)