16735. Mcgillick Savings & Trust Company (Pittsburg, PA)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Run โ†’ Suspension โ†’ Closure
Bank Type
trust
Start Date
September 25, 1931
Location
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania (40.441, -79.996)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
c1410f9b5ed99ae0

Response Measures

None

Description

Articles (Sept 25โ€“29, 1931) report many withdrawals from McGillick Savings & Trust, then closure by the Pennsylvania State Banking Department to protect depositors. The bank is listed among insolvent/closed banks that week, implying permanent closure. Newspaper OCR shows Pittsburg (input) but articles refer to Pittsburgh; corrected here. Cause attributed to contagion/local bank failures and deposit withdrawals in the city.

Events (3)

1. September 25, 1931 Run
Cause
Local Banks
Cause Details
Heavy withdrawals following failures/closures and runs at other Pittsburgh banks (contagion from local bank distress).
Measures
None recorded other than later closure by the state banking department; withdrawals prompted authorities' intervention.
Newspaper Excerpt
there had been many withdrawals of deposits during the past few days.
Source
newspapers
2. September 25, 1931 Suspension
Cause
Government Action
Cause Details
Closed by the State Banking Department to protect depositors after heavy withdrawals; bank listed among insolvent banks that week.
Newspaper Excerpt
The McGillick Savings and Trust Company was closed by the state banking department this afternoon.
Source
newspapers
3. September 28, 1931 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
The Pittsburgh-American, Bank and Trust Co. and the McGillick Savings and Trust Co. were closed Friday by the State Banking Department. ... The lost McGillick bank deposits total $300,000.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (3)

Article from Tampa Bay Times, September 26, 1931

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SAVINGS BANK CLOSES DOORS IN PITTSBURGH was McGillick closed Savings and by the state partment this afternoon. was the close today and the sixth to suspend business this week FAVORS DRY REFERENDUM Senator Glenn of Illinois said today he would vote to resubmit the eigh. teenth amendment, as proposed by the American Legion


Article from The Miami Herald, September 26, 1931

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WITHDR ALS CLOSE PITTSBURGH BANKS PITTSBURGH Sept. 25. (P)-The McGillick Savings and Trust Company was closed by the state banking department this afternoon. was the second bank to close here today and the sixth to this week D. Swigart, chief examiner the said the institution was closed to protect depositors. He said there had been many withdrawals of deposits during the past few days. The PittsburghAmerican Bank and Trust Company directors today the state banking department had taken over that institution. Officials said more than $700,000 of the bank's $3,000,000 in deposits had been since Monday The McGillick Bank reported last April it had of $690,000 and deposits of more than $300,000


Article from The Daily Worker, September 29, 1931

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SIX PITTSBURGH BANKS IN CRASH 10 Banks Closed With $60,000,000 Lost PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 28.-With six banks cosed over the week-end. the total of insolvent banks here within the last two weeks total ten with lost deposits estimated at $60,000.000. The Pittsburgh-American, Bank and Trust Co. and the McGillick Savings and Trust Co. were closed Friday by the State Banking Department. A run on the former bank withdrew $700,000 of the $3,000,000 deposits. it was reported. The lost McGillick bank deposits total $300,000. Declarations to the effect that the depositors would receive a full return on their lost money is in line with the usual promises to forestall immediate mass action of the depositors. Four other banks, the Bloomfield Trust Co., the Garfield Bank, the Hamilton State Bank and the Pennsylvania Bank and Trust Co. were closed Saturday. The deposits of the crashed banks in the order named are: $1,463,000, $422,000; $253,000, and $2,822,000. No promise of return on the deposits were made by officials of the above four banks.