100 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BAY RIDGE BROOKLYN

ROLL CALL OF LADDER 114 1897 - 1997

Ladder Company 114


TALLY HO LADDER 114

ROLL CALL OF LADDER 114 1897 - 1997

CAPTAIN

Charles H. Bixby 1897 - 1900

James Langan 1900 - 1906

Daniel J. Cahill 1906 - 1920

David O'Keefe 1913 - 1914

Edward F. Giblin 1920 - 1932

James P. McChrome 1932 - 1943

John J. Murray (3) 1943 - 1948

Francis J. Brennan (2) 1948 - 1953

Francis X. Hanratty 1953 - 1957

Michael J. Bennette 1957 - 1960

John J. Cashin 1960 - 1968

Donald McCarthy 1968 - 1970

John J. O'Rourke #1 1970 - 1976

Joseph L. Carber 1976 - 1978

John J. Devine 1978 - 1983

John T. Kelly (7) 1983 - 1989

William J. Cali 1989 - 1990

Richard A. Posavetz 1990 - 1991

Peter S. Begley 1991 - 1996

John T. Maguire 1996 - Active

LIEUTENANT

Cornelius Cunningham 1897 - 1900

William S. Lyon 1900 - 1907

James Sherry 1907 - 1908

Anthony Jireck 1908 - 1909

John P. McGowan 1909 - 1913

Peter Costello 1913 - 1913

Wardell Van Loan 1913 - 1922

James J. Calverly 1922 - 1927

Michael F. Leddy 1924 - 1939

Maurice L. Smith 1938 - 1944

Edward P. Cahill 1939 - 1943

William J. Cook 1939 - 1939

Joseph A. Williams 1939 - 1939

William H. Newman 1940 - 1941

Eugenio Veltri 1942 - 1943

Patrick J. Kissane 1943 - 1952

Walter E. Shacklett 1943 - 1944

Patrick J. Brady 1944 - 1944

Joseph C. Maceda 1944 - 1959

Bernard F. Curry 1948 - 1949

John J. McGreevy 1950 - 1951

William Lake 1951 - 1961

Charles J. McGee 1951 - 1956

John A. Carian 1957 - 1958

John A. Carian 1959 - 1960

John J. Baker 1960 - 1966

Lawrence J. Lee 1960 - 1961

James B. Walsh 1961 - 1963

George Symon, Jr. 1962 - 1970

Aloysius G. Mallon 1963 - 1971

Martin J. O'Malley 1965 - 1974

Thomas P. Holian 1970 - 1976

Daniel J. Marshall 1971 - 1977

William C. Dunn 1974 - 1991

Andrew J. Babajko 1977 - 1992

John J. Drennan 1986 - 1989

George J. Marshall 1989 - 1994

Dennis J. O'Berg 1991 - Active

Thomas Ryan 1992 - Active

Richard D. King 1994 - Active

FIREMEN

George Ouchterloney 1897 - ????

David O'Keefe 1897 - 1897

John P. Kavauagh 1897 - 1918

George A. Colfer 1897 - 1907

Harry Martin 1897 - 1916

William A. Young 1897 - 1938

Thomas F. Cuff 1898 - 1908

Lucien DuFlon 1899 - 1908

Patrick J. Sullivan, Jr. 1900 - 1905

Benjamin McGray 1900 - 1915

Mark Kelly (1) 1901 - 1901

Charles C.Carroll 1902 - ????

Patrick A. Harrigan 1903 - ????

John S. Roberts 1903 - 1904

Francis J. Sample 1903 - 1908

Lewis Blair 1903 - 1913

George B. Asip 1904 - 1904

John P. Hedermann 1904 - 1913

Florence F. Hefferman 1904 - 1905

James L. Kerrigan 1905 - 1912

John Smalley 1905 - 1906

Louis Gehlbach 1908 - 1911

Charles Hochwald 1908 - 1908

Alexander Hothersall 1908 - 1909

John Bainbauer 1909 - 1936

Frederick J. Gill 1909 - 1911

Edward C. Ling 1909 - 1927

Frederick H. Otto 1909 - 1913

George W. Fricke 1911 - 1913

John F. Gilligan 1911 - 1913

Thomas M. Shea 1912 - 1918

James J. Calverly 1913 - 1916

Thomas Campbell (2) 1913 - 1913

Michael F. Leddy 1913 - 1922

James Burke 1914 - 1917

Charles A. Hutchinson 1914 - 1914

Walter T. Hazrick 1915 - 1916

James B. Ryan 1916 - 1923

Harry Coyle 1916 - 1916

Julius W. Deja 1916 - 1918

Alfred D. Kundie 1916 - 1919

Joseph A. Lugwig 1916 - 1918

Frederick H. Otto 1916 - 1927

Frederick J. Stevens 1916 - 1925

Thomas H. Walkin 1917 - 1917

William J. Barry 1918 - 1920

James A. Byrne 1918 - 1932

William J. Chapman 1918 - 1924

Walter T. Hazrick 1918 - 1922

James J. Muldoon, Jr. 1918 - 1920

James A. Allen, Jr. 1919 - 1919

Charles E. O'Connor 1919 - 1919

Terence Cullen 1919 - 1920

William A. Fraser 1919 - 1920

Charles W. Ottmer 1919 - 1920

Thomas A. Campbell (2) 1920 - 1927

Joseph C. Crawley 1920 - 1927

Michael J. Dowling 1920 - 1929

John F. Gilligan 1920 - 1938

Frank A. Lohmiller 1920 - 1928

Frank T. McGovern 1920 - 1926

Henry A. Milne 1920 - 1922

William Crowe 1921 - 1924

Malcolm F. Monniville 1921 - 1928

William J. O'Neill 1922 - 1936

Albert J. Jemison 1923 - 1929

Frank T. McEwan 1923 - 1929

Joseph T. Cavanaugh 1924 - 1933

Frank J. Dukes 1925 - 1926

Patrick J. Brady 1926 - 1937

Frank J. Dukes 1926 - 1941

Edward R. A. Kane 1926 - 1926

Daniel F. Christie 1927 - 1945

John J. Ryan 1927 - 1927

Anthony J. Aiello 1928 - 1929

Thomas J. Cahill 1928 - 1933

Joseph C. Maceda 1928 - 1943

Malcolm E. Monnville 1928 - 1937

James W. Dalton 1929 - 1934

Bernard L. Kelly 1929 - 1932

Joseph Kennedy #2 1929 - 1939

Leo Marshall 1929 - 1938

Alexander Wiezbicki 1929 - 1930

Jefferson O'Bryon 1932 - 1942

Thomas J. Conway 1933 - 1935

Walter F. Mulvihill 1933 - 1933

George H. Brooks 1934 - 1936

Joseph Howe 1934 - 1934

John F. O'Leary 1934 - 1939

Peter DeNardo 1935 - 1945

Francis X. Mulvey 1935 - 1936

William Donzeier, Jr. 1936 - 1955

David A. Green 1936 - 1943

Francis X. Mulvey 1936 - 1939

Edward C. O'Brien 1936 - 1945

Harold H. Schatz 1936 - 1940

Albert T. Erickson 1937 - 1939

Edward F. Farrell 1937 - 1955

Carl C. Fisher 1937 - 1939

William J. Garity 1937 - 1937

Harold J. Joseph 1937 - 1937

Edward J. Fox (3) 1938 - 1939

James P. Kelly (2) 1938 - 1942

Walter Lewis 1938 - 1938

George F. Brown 1939 - 1945

George A. Chisholm 1939 - 1939

Edward L. Connolly 1939 - 1949

Amedeo D'Argenio 1939 - 1939

William A. Fogarty 1939 - 1940

John M. Gavin 1939 - 1943

Edward D. Kelsey 1939 - 1940

Vincent Laurence 1939 - 1944

George W. Lisy 1939 - 1941

Raymond C. Martini 1939 - 1939

Edmund G. Monak 1939 - 1941

John W. Olsen (2) 1939 - 1944

William M. Whalen 1939 - 1944

Anthony J. Aiello 1940 - 1944

Frederick C. Gruter 1940 - 1961

William H. Newman 1940 - 1941

William J. Rober 1940 - 1943

Harold H. Schatz 1940 - 1942

George M. Tollsfsen 1940 - 1943

Louis Auerbach 1941 - 1948

August H. Giroux 1941 - 1943

John A. Leggett 1941 - 1943

Harold P. Rober 1941 - 1943

James Smith (2) 1941 - ????

John J. Coffey (2) 1942 - 1944

Edward J. Fox (3) 1942 - 1943

John J. Warnock 1942 - 1943

Edward J. Fox (3) 1943 - 1956

John M. Gavin 1943 - 1947

August H. Giroux 1943 - 1956

David A. Green 1943 - 1944

William J. Rober 1944 - 1961

John H. Schneider 1944 - 1957

John J. Warnock 1944 - 1960

Eugene N. Addeo 1945 - ????

John J. Fennon 1945 - 1945

William Frankel 1945 - 1946

Edward H. Grandin 1945 - 1946

Willy F. Imkamp 1945 - 1958

Vincent Laurence 1945 - 1945

John A. Leggett 1945 - 1947

Edward C. O'Brien 1945 - 1961

John E. Payne 1945 - 1955

Glenn C. Todd 1945 - 1962

Walter C. Bersig 1946 - 1951

Leroy J. Kenney 1946 - 1948

John W. Olsen (2) 1946 - 1952

Ralph J. Alfieri 1947 - 1954

Peter F. Fleming 1947 - 1952

Williams J. Foulkes 1947 - 1966

Peter J. Fox 1947 - 1949

Robert A. Haughney 1947 - 1955

Robert Mahnken 1947 - 1951

Vincent Laurence 1948 - 1953

James E. McCarthy 1950 - 1957

James C. Kearney 1951 - 1967

Stephen J. King 1952 - 1963

Francis N. Quigg 1952 - 1954

Stanley J. Lichota 1953 - 1958

Clifford Reed 1953 - 1953

Harold J. Werner, Jr. 1953 - 1961

William R. White 1953 - 1958

Malcolm R. Maillett 1954 - 1958

James McCauley 1954 - 1976

Thomas J. Quinn, Jr. 1954 - 1959

William F. Dolan 1955 - 1961

Eugene M. Finigan, Jr. 1955 - ????

William J. Lankewish 1955 - 1972

Harry E. Lileroos 1955 - 1969

Farrell J. McGovern 1955 - 1957

Kevin R. Harris 1957 - 1959

Emmet P. Kelly 1957 - 1958

William B. Muller 1957 - 1973

John P. Walsh 1957 - 1960

James G. Wheeler, Jr. 1957 - 1963

Theodore P. Wise 1957 - 1963

Martin J. Connaughton 1958 - 1959

Richard Gonyon 1958 - 1972

James J. Ray 1958 - 1961

Patrick Smyth 1958 - 1975

John W. Carroll 1960 - 1974

William A. Dale, Jr. 1960 - 1962

John J. Kubinski 1960 - 1966

John R. Quinn 1960 - 1980

Donald H. Scheetz 1960 - 1963

William R. White 1960 - 1963

James A. Armstrong 1961 - 1971

John F. Cavendish 1961 - 1994

William F. Dolan 1961 - 1975

John J. McCarthy (5) 1961 - 1963

Richard Colabella 1962 - 1991

James J. Hatton 1962 - 1971

James V. Larkin 1962 - 1995

James J. Ray 1962 - 1963

James W. Robinson 1962 - 1965

John T. Carroll (2) 1963 - 1965

William A. Dale, Jr. 1963 - 1974

Thomas M. McHale 1963 - 1973

William J. Noonan 1963 - 1968

Joseph G. Osborne 1963 - 1966

Donald H. Scheetz 1963 - 1976

Peter A. Spagnola 1963 - 1977

Paul M. Young 1963 - 1970

Alexander J. Clark 1964 - 1984

James J. Ray 1965 - 1978

Thomas J. Russo 1965 - 1970

John F. Mooney 1966 - 1975

William J. Tobin 1966 - 1969

Chester P. Checkett 1968 - 1981

Donald Howe 1968 - 1972

Martin P. McGovern 1968 - 1996

Richard J. Moore 1969 - 1983

John R. O'Keefe 1969 - 1978

Dennis J. O'Berg 1970 - 1987

Howard E. Campbell 1972 - 1982

Thomas R. McCarthy 1972 - 1975

William P. Moore 1972 - 1976

Edward C. Herting 1973 - 1982

Baudon C. Malmbeck 1973 - 1991

Thomas V. Murray 1973 - 1982

Robert J. Baumann 1974 - 1987

John F. Maloney 1974 - 1980

Gerald A. Barbara 1975 - 1977

Michael G. Burke 1975 - 1978

Peter J. Gilmartin 1975 - 1978

Thomas F. McHugh 1975 - 1982

Philip P. Morretta 1975 - 1989

Carl W. Nasert 1975 - 1980

Henry M. McDonald 1976 - 1982

Gerald M. O'Keefe 1976 - 1986

Vincent J. Guerra 1977 - 1983

John J. Devine 1978 - 1983

Thomas J. Haring 1978 - 1984

Gergory McEvoy 1978 - 1982

Robert E. Gleason 1979 - 1987

John J. Kane 1979 - Active

John J. McCarron 1979 - 1983

Gregory W. Warnock 1979 - Active

James H. Thomson 1980 - 1988

Daniel P. Klein 1981 - Active

James P. McGuire 1981 - Active

John J. Drennan 1982 - 1982

David B. Johnson 1982 - Active

Kevin C. Mallon 1982 - 1986

Thomas J. McDonald 1982 - 1993

Thomas E. McGoff 1982 - 1991

John J. Plant 1982 - 1987

John T. Semich 1982 - ????

Robert Abiuso 1983 - Active

Larry Lee 1983 - Active

James J. Nichols 1983 - 1987

Morey J. Parrish, Jr. 1983 - 1985

Patrick D. Clifford 1985 - 1987

Shawn J. Ashe 1986 - 1990

Francis J. Conwell 1986 - 1991

James F. Harris 1986 - 1996åå

Paul A. McManus 1986 - Active

Frederick Aronsen 1987 - 1992

Gary J. Benedict 1987 - 1991

Thomas V. Dowdell 1987 - 1987

Michael C. Grant 1987 - 1990

John J. Garland 1988 - Active

Michael J. Gibbons 1988 - 1995

Joseph P. O'Donnell 1988 - ????

William Whelan 1988 - Active

Terrance M. Thornton 1989 - 1990

Joseph J. Gagliardi 1990 - Active

Michael J. Stackpole 1990 - 1994

Kevin G. Anderson 1991 - Active

Robert Cameron 1991 - Active

Thomas C. Dolan 1991 - Active

Victor J. Fiorella 1991 - Active

James K. Null 1991 - Active

Michael J. O'Kelly 1991 - 1991

Gary J. Wegener 1991 - 1994

Michael J. Collaro 1992 - 1994

Andrew F. Gilmore 1992 - Active

Edward J. O'Donnell 1992 - 1994

Robert J. Adams 1993 - Active

William T. Fitzgibbons 1993 - Active

Christopher S. Santos 1993 - Active

Thomas F. Behan 1994 - Active

Neils W. Jorgensen 1994 - Active

James F. McCauley 1994 - 1996

William J. Rohl 1994 - Active

Kerry Walsh 1994 - Active

John Feehan 1996 - Active

Gregory Forsyth 1996 - Active

William J. Hanley ???? - 1945

John D. Kelly ???? - 1954

The above name were obtained from the following sources; Company Journal

books, Office Record books, Fire Department Benevolent books 1919 to

1928, Personnel Record books 1900 to 1934, Department Orders, Personnel

cards. Every attempt was made to list every member of Ladder 114, but due

to lost records, journals, etc. we may have missed some members. We are

sorry if your name was left out or misspelled.

THE WHEELS OF LADDER 114

HORSE DRAWN APPARATUS

1889 LaFrance/Hayes 75' aerial on Sept. 14, 1897.

1896 LaFrance/Hayes 85' aerial in 1904.

EARLY MOTOR POWERED APPARATUS

The 1907 Seagrave 65' aerial had a 1915 front wheel drive tractor placed

under it in 1915.

The first modern aerial was a 1924 American LaFrance 75' aerial on Jan.

15, 1925.

A used 1928 American LaFrance 75' aerial from Ladder 1 was received on

May 25, 1939.

REPOWERING & WOOD AERIALS

A 1927 FWD tractor replaced the1928 American LaFrance tractor in the

early 1940's

A 1948 Ward LaFrance tractor replaced the 1927 FWD tractor in early 1949.

A 1955 FWD 75' aerial replaced the 1949 Ward/1928 American LaFrance

aerial on June 17, 1955. These were the last wooden aerials bought by the

New York City Fire Department and were used into the mid 1970's.

METAL AERIAL

The first metal aerial was a 1960 American LaFrance 100' aerial on Jul.

23, 1960.

TOWER LADDERS

The first tower ladder was a 1972 Mack 75' tower ladder that was

received on Jan. 12, 1973.

A 1979 Mack/Baker 75' tower ladder replaced the 72 Mack on Feb. 21, 1980.

1984 Mack/Baker 75' tower ladder was received on Feb. 1, 1985.

The present rig is a 1995 FWD/Baker/Saulsbury 75' tower that was placed

in service on Dec. 24, 1996.


by: DONALD VAN HOLT (Ladder 103 / Engine 216 / Ladder 108 Retired, 1983)

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