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.
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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
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