In 1936, Nip*, the veteran fire dog of Brooklyn’s Engine Company No. 203, won four medals of honor for heroism from the following agencies: New York Women’s League for Animals Dog’s World International American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals New York Anti-Vivisection Society During his years of service with the engine company, Nip had demonstrated many acts of bravery […]
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1936: The Cat-Saving Fire Dog Hero of Brooklyn’ s Engine Company No. 203
Posted: 28th October 2017 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Mascots, FDNY Horses/MascotsTags: 533 Hicks Street, Brooklyn Engine No. 203, Brooklyn Engine No. 3, Brooklyn Fire Department, Brooklyn History, FDNY history, Neptune Engine No. 2, New York History, Simon Cornell
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1912: Chief John Rush and Victor, the Fire Horse That Lost it on Varick Street
Posted: 10th June 2015 by The Hatching Cat in FDNY Horses/Mascots, Horse TalesTags: Battalion Chief John Rush, Chief Edward Croker, FDNY, fire horse, New York Fire Patrol
“It seems a strange irony of fate that a minor accident should have killed Chief Rush. I had almost come to think he bore a charmed life. One gets such ideas of men who pass through seemingly impassable dangers unscathed.”–Doctor Archer, St. Vincent’s Hospital, April 26, 1912
1917: Jiggs, the Jelly-Belly Fire Dog of Brooklyn’s Engine Company 205
Posted: 13th April 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Mascots, FDNY Horses/MascotsTags: 1 Pierrepont Plaza, Brooklyn Engine 205, FDNY history, Jiggs, New York History, Thomas "Smoke" McEwan
When 8-year-old Jiggs died on September 14, 1925, he was called “Brooklyn’s fattest dog” in his “obituary” in The Brooklyn Standard Union. You see, Jiggs had a bad habit of making the daily rounds at the Brooklyn Borough Hall restaurants, and when he died, he tipped the scales at 121 pounds.
1912: Bum, the Heroic NYC Police Dog of Notorious Mulberry Street
Posted: 28th September 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Tails, FDNY Horses/MascotsTags: 12th Precinct, Bideawee, Charles J. Teare, Cornelius O'Neil, Mulberry Street, New York History, NYPD, Oresto Shillitani, William B. Heaney
When Patrolman Cornelius O’Neil found the yellow dog he named Bum on Mulberry Street in Little Italy, the mangy mutt was half-starved and trailing remnants of a pack of firecrackers by his tail. Patrolman O’Neil decided to rescue the dog and make him the mascot police dog of the newly designated 12th Precinct of the New York City Police Department.
1919 and 1922: Bulb, the Bad-Luck Police Horse of the NYPD Mounted Police
Posted: 14th August 2013 by The Hatching Cat in FDNY Horses/Mascots, Horse TalesTags: 73rd Precinct, Christopher J Tierney, Flatbush Avenue, Frank J Mace, Kings Highway, Mounted Unit, New York History, NYPD, Police horse
NYPD Mounted Police Heroes, Part I Since 1871, the year that the Board of Police established the first official Mounted Police Unit in New York City, more than a dozen mounted patrolmen have been killed in the line of duty in horse-related incidents. Most of these men died after being violently thrown from their horses […]
