Two feline heroes (and a dog) no doubt saved the lives of 37 people when a leak in a Consolidated Gas Company main line allowed gas to escape into a brick tenement building at 241 East 75th Street, near 2nd Avenue.
Posts Tagged ‘New York City History’
1901: Peter, the Steak-Stealing Police Cat of the Lower East Side
Posted: 4th February 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cats in the MewsTags: 105-107 Eldridge Street, Adam A. Cross, Eldridge Street Police Station, John McDermott, New York City History, police cat
Sergeant John McDermott of the Eldridge Street police station could not wait to sink his teeth into his sirloin steak dinner. But first, he had to deal with some important police matters. Peter the police cat saw his lucky break.
1935: Nip, the Heroic Kitten-Saving Fire Dog of Brooklyn
Posted: 3rd February 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Cats in the MewsTags: 533 Hicks Street, Brooklyn History, Cats of Old New York, Engine Company 203, New York City History
A veteran fire dog with Engine Company No. 203 at 533 Hicks Street, was 12 years old and a 6-year legendary veteran with the fire company when he made his eighth heroic rescue on February 2, 1935.
