During their brief time in Baltimore during the great fire of 1904, the firemen of FDNY Engine Company 26 adopted a stray dog who followed them throughout the day. The men called him Baltimore and decided to make him their mascot. The dog seemed agreeable to the arrangement and traveled back to New York via train to his new firehouse home.
Archive for September, 2022
1904: Baltimore, the New York City Fire Dog Mascot of Engine 26
Posted: 25th September 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Mascots, FDNY Horses/MascotsTags: Baltimore Fire, Engine Company 26, FDNY history, fire dogs
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1889: Julia, The Lifesaving Dog of Marie Antoinette Nathalie Dowell Pollard
Posted: 5th September 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Heroes, Dog TailsTags: 35 West 14th Street, B.P. Worcester, Dogs of Old New York, Edward A. Pollard, Marie Antoinette Nathalie, Marie Antoinette Pollard
A few months ago, my friend Laurie Gwen Shapiro, a New York City author and documentary film maker (and fellow Syracuse University graduate), alerted me to a mystery story about a dog named Julia who was buried at Maple Grove Cemetery in Kew Gardens, Queens. All she had was a list of those buried at the cemetery, which included “Julia (1889), secretly buried dog who saved an apartment building of people from a fire.”
I told Laurie I loved a good animal mystery and would have to look into it. What I found was a remarkable story about a remarkable woman named Marie Antoinette Nathalie Dowell Pollard and her lifesaving coach dog, Julia.
