Prelude to the 1914 Cat Attack In the early morning hours of November 4, 1911, a bomb went off in front of a butcher shop and coffee saloon on the northwest corner of James Street and Oak Street in New York City’s Lower East Side. The explosion could be heard two blocks away at the […]
Archive for August, 2017
1914 and 1930: The New York City Cats and Goats That Butchered the Butcher Shop on James Street
Posted: 31st August 2017 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories, Cat StoriesTags: Cat Stories, Ignatz Sethmeier, James Street, Lower East Side, New York City History, Oak Street Police Station, Old New York
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1934: Lord Haggis, the Lady Mouser of the SS Pastores Who Walked 39 Miles to Rejoin Her Crew
Posted: 18th August 2017 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat StoriesTags: Brooklyn Wharf and Warehouse, Lord Haggis, New York Dock Company, New York History, ship's cats, SS Pastores
A while back, I wrote about a cat named Duffy McNab, who lost his life when he tried to jump from his ship to Pier 64 on the Hudson River. When Duffy fell into the river, Quartermaster Angus MacLean jumped into the water and tried to save him. In the following story, I’ll tell you […]
1896: Staten Island Cows Gone Wild in New York City at the Pavonia Ferry Terminal
Posted: 3rd August 2017 by The Hatching Cat in Cows and Cattle StoriesTags: Chambers Street Terminal, Harsimus Cove, Leonard Street Station, New York History, Old New York, Pavonia Ferry
When New York City Policeman James Breen joined the Leonard Street Station in the late 19th century, he probably never dreamed that one day he’d have to play the role of a Wild West cowboy in Manhattan on West Street, at the Chambers Street Ferry Terminal. In the late 19th century, West Street was always crowded […]
