For four months in 1936, Bess was the most famous mother of all the Brooklyn fire dogs in the Fire Department of New York. But then her own daughter took over the Top Mom title of the FDNY.
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1930s: Peggy, Pal, and Bess, the Prize-Winning Brooklyn Fire Dogs of the FDNY
Posted: 13th January 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Mascots, FDNY Horses/MascotsTags: Brooklyn History, Dalmatians, Engine Company 271, FDNY history, fire dogs, Waldheim
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1892: Chappie, the Pedigree Fire Dog of New York City’s Flatiron District
Posted: 9th November 2021 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Mascots, FDNY Horses/MascotsTags: Engine Company No. 14, FDNY history, fire dogs, Flatiron District, New York City History
One of my favorite fire-cat stories is about Peter and Chops, the beloved firefighter felines of Engine Company No. 14 in New York City’s Flatiron District. When I wrote the story about Peter and Chops for my book, The Cat Men of Gotham, I didn’t realize that they had a canine predecessor.
I recently discovered the wonderful story of Chappie, a pedigree pit bull coach dog gifted by William Waldorf Astor who also called the Engine 14 firehouse his home.
1896: Nero, the Beloved Newfoundland of Harlem’s Fire Patrol No. 5
Posted: 17th September 2021 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Mascots, FDNY Horses/MascotsTags: 307 West 121st Street, FDNY Fire Patrol, FDNY history, Fire Patrol No. 5, George Carlin Way, Harlem history
Somewhere under an apartment building on West 121st Street, on a section of the street just east of Amsterdam Avenue called George Carlin Way, lies the body of a large Newfoundland who was buried on an early spring day in 1896. His grave, once “marked by a floral display seldom equaled by a rich man’s funeral,” is now under tons of concrete and steel. But the story of Nero, the beloved Newfoundland of Fire Patrol No. 5, will live on through this animal tale of Old New York.
