We hear many stories of dogs being the means of saving property and
lives in times of fire. They seem never to lose their heads, as it
were, but generally do the most sensible thing under the circumstances.
Here are some instances of heroic efforts on the part of these little
benefactors, in recognition of which they are being enrolled in the
Fire Brigade.
Lady, a German police dog, who will be the only member of our company
of her sex, is entitled to first place on the list. She put out a fire
all by herself in a most heroic manner. Left alone in the house, she
discovered a burning paper under a gasoline stove. Drawing the fire
to her, she tore the paper to bits, pawing it until the fire was out.
In so doing she burned her nose and paws severely. When her mistress
returned and sat down, the dog laid her head in the lap of her mistress
and whined most pitifully with pain. Needless to say, her injuries were
carefully anointed and bandaged.
Another member of the fire brigade won his honors by alarming the
family when something from a shelf above fell down on the stove,
catching fire from the lighted pilot. He was alone in the kitchen when
it happened, and ran barking into the other part of the house, and then
back to the kitchen, until he succeeded in getting the family to follow
and put out the fire.