I'll try to keep this short! firstly the old dun cow was a pub in London back in the days when the fire brigade ONLY attended fires where the premises had a plaque on the wall proving they were fully paid up members of that fire club some of these plaques still exist and can be seen (so i'm told) around London Birmingham and liverpool. Macintyre was the fire chief of one of these brigades and was not strictly honorable in his attendances (unprovable now of course) the Dun Cow burned to the ground hence everyone shouting for him. they wouldn't have got in anyway The doors were locked while the regulars supped the stock, WHO was shouting The landlord who was silly enough to run outside leaving his regulars inside with his best booze.

I hope that helps

Graham (Guernsey)