Merchants National Bank

Bank Information

Episode Type: Run Only
Bank Type: national
Bank ID: 2619
Charter Number: 2619
Start Date: March 24, 1893
Location: Dunkirk, New York (42.480, -79.334)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 3beeaca3

Response Measures

None

Description

Multiple contemporaneous newspaper dispatches (dated March 24, 1893) report a run on the Merchants National Bank in Dunkirk that caused the bank to close in the afternoon of March 24. Articles attribute the run to maliciously started rumors/intent to injure; no suspension or permanent closure is reported.

Events (1)

1. March 24, 1893 Run

Cause: Rumor Or Misinformation
Cause Details: Officials said the run was maliciously started by certain persons with intent to injure the bank (i.e., malicious rumors/false reports).
Measures: Bank closed in the afternoon; officials publicly stated they were prepared to pay every dollar and had $100,000 remaining.
Newspaper Excerpt: A run was started on the Merchants National bank here yesterday morning, and depositors crowded the tellers' windows until the bank closed in the afternoon.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (4)

1. March 24, 1893 Waterbury Evening Democrat Waterbury, CT

Article from Waterbury Evening Democrat, March 24, 1893

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Big Run on a National Bank. DUNKIRK. N. Y.. March 24.-A - run was started on the Merchants National bank here yesterday morning. and depositors crowded the tellers' windows until the bank closed in the afternoon. The oflicials say that the run was maliciously started by certain persons with intent to injure the bank. They say they are prepared to pay every dollar and have $100,000 remainng. There is not much alarm felt among he business men.

2. March 24, 1893 New-York Tribune New York, NY

Article from New-York Tribune, March 24, 1893

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SAY THE RUN WAS STARTED MALICIOUSLY. Buffalo, March 23.-A dispatch from Dunkirk. N. Y., says that a run was started on the Merchants' National Bank there this morning and depositors crowded the teller's windows until the bank closed this afternoon. The officials say that the run was maliciously started by certain persons with intent to injure the bank. They amert timt they are pre.

3. March 25, 1893 The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer Wheeling, WV

Article from The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, March 25, 1893

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Run on a Bank. BUFFALO, N. Y., March 24.-A special from Dunkirk, N. Y., says a run was started on the Merchants' National Bank there yesterday morning and depositors crowded the tellers' windows until the bank closed in the afternoon. The officials say that the run was maliciously started by certain persons with intent to injure the bank. They say they are prepared to pay every dollar and have $100,000 remaining. There is not much alarm felt among the business men.

4. March 25, 1893 Wheeling Register Wheeling, WV

Article from Wheeling Register, March 25, 1893

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A Run on a Bank. BUFFALO, N. Y., March 24.-A special from Dunkirk, N. Y.. says a run was started on the Merchants' National Bank there yesterday morning, and depositors crowded the tellers' windows until the bank closed in the afternoen. The officials say that the run was maliciously started by certrin persons with intent to injure the bank. They say they are prepared to pay every dollar and have $100,000 remaining. There is not much alarm felt among the business men.