17952. Collinsville Bank (Collinsville, OK)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
February 1, 1927*
Location
Collinsville, Oklahoma (36.365, -95.839)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
c782ce4b

Response Measures

None

Description

Articles report the Collinsville Bank had already failed and a federal receiver (John Dykes/Dyjes) had been in charge two months before an explosion wrecked the defunct bank on/around April 6, 1927. No run is mentioned. The bank had closed (failed) earlier and appears to remain closed; therefore classified as suspension_closure. Bank type not stated in articles. OCR variants of receiver's name (Dykes/Dyjes/Dajes) noted in articles.

Events (3)

1. February 1, 1927* Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
John Dyjes, federal bank receiver of Kansas City, Mo., who has been in charge of the institution since it failed two months ago, was bruised ... (articles mention the receiver has been in charge since the bank failed).
Source
newspapers
2. February 1, 1927* Suspension
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Bank 'failed two months ago' with reported losses totaling approximately $330,000, indicating bank-specific insolvency/problems.
Newspaper Excerpt
John Dykes, Federal bank receiver ... who has been in charge of the institution since it failed two months ago.
Source
newspapers
3. April 6, 1927 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
A mysterious explosion wrecked the defunct Collinsville Bank this afternoon, injuring three persons and damaging several other business buildings of the city.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (7)

Article from The State Journal, April 6, 1927

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MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION WRECKS DEFUNCT COLLINSVILLE, Okla., April (By mysterious explosion wreckthe defunct Collinsville Bank this afternoon, injuring three persons and damaging several other business buildings. John Dyjes, federal bank receiver of Kansas City, Mo., who has been in charge of the institution since failed months was bruised.


Article from The Plain Dealer, April 6, 1927

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IN BANK BLAST INJURED Receiver, Two Others Hurt in Mysterious Explosion. COLLINSVILLE, Okla., April mysterious explosion the defunct Collinsville wrecked this injuring three bank several other persons and damaging business buildings of the city. federal bank receiver John Dyjes, Mo., who has been Kansas City, of the institution since charge failed two months was bruised and sustained severe about the body about his head and shoulders. cuts Fishing Boat Sinks, Drowned. JUNEAU, Alaska, drowned and eleven One man was had narrow escape from others the Canadian halibut death when Caltuish ran on the rocks vessel near Cape northwest of here, March broke up.


Article from Democrat and Chronicle, April 6, 1927

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Phone Main 43 or 1033 Three Injured When Lehigh Valley Blast Ruins Closed Railroad Bank in Oklahoma Cellinsville, Okla., April the Associated Press) A mysterious explosion wrecked the defunct ColInsville Bank to-day, injuring three persons and damaging several other business buildings of the city. John Dykes, Federal bank receiver of Kansas City, Mo., who has been in charge of the institution since it failed two months ago. was bruised about the body and sustained severe ents about his head and shoulders. One of two girls working in the bank was slightly bruised Police were working on the theory that some enemy of former officials of the bank was responsible for the And When It The damage was estimated at $15. Comes to Tea! 000. Feeling in Collinsville and vicinity AN DYK'S Quali-Tea is has been bitter since the closing like the tea you read of in the bank. Losses the failure totalled approximately $330,000.


Article from St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 6, 1927

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SAYS COOLIDGE WILL NOT RUN the Associated Coolidge will not be a candidate for third term in 1928, Senator Moses of New Hampshire, chairman of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, predicts. the New York Herald-Tribune says. "Coolidge's psychology is such that he does not want to be confronted with four years of diminuendo." says Moses He predicts that a Republican will be elected in 1928 but he declines to give his opinion as to who will get the nomination. He thinks Gov. Smith will be the Democratic nominee, if the two-thirds majority rule is abrogated at the convention, but he feels sure Gov. Smith's nomination will result in breaking up the solid South. "No Tammany man could ever be elected President" he declared. CLOSED BANK DYNAMITED the Associated Press. COLLINSVILLE. Ok., April An explosion. which wrecked the defunct Collinsville Bank, caused injuries to three persons and damaged several other business buildings. John Dajes of Kansas City, Mo., Federal bank receiver. who has been in charge of the depository since it closed its doors two months ago, was bruised about the body and suffered severe cuts about his head and shoulders. Feeling in Collinsville and vicinity has been bitter since the closing of the bank Losses totaled approximately $330,000. Vilma Banky to Wed La Rocque. Special to the Post Dispatch LOS ANGELES. Cal., April Announcement of the engagement of Vilma Banky, blond Hungarian movie actress, to Rod La Rocque De Mille star furnished the movie colony with a new topic of conversation today Even intimate friends of Miss Banky and LA Rocque were surprised by the announcement Miss Banky was leading woman for the late Rudolph Valentino in the latter's last picture. Mexican Commercial Delegate. By the Associated Press MEXICO CITY. Aprilu derico Lachica was appointed today as delegate to the Pan Commercial Congress at Washing ton next month He was named by the Confederation of Chambers of Commerce of Mexico


Article from Clarion-Ledger, April 6, 1927

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EXPLOSION WRECKS A DEFUNCT BANK Federal Bank Receiver Hurt in Blast Inside Oklahoma Institution COLLINSVILLE, Okla., April (AP)-A mysterious plosion wrecked the defunct Collinsville Bank this afternoon, injurying three persons and damaging several other business buildings the city. John Dykes, federal bank receiver of Kansas City, who has been in charge of the institution since it failed two months ago, was bruised about the body and severe cuts about his head and shoulders


Article from Bristol Herald Courier, April 6, 1927

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can or gasoline. MYSTERIOUS he thought was DEMOLISHES BANK the force but Okla., April mysterious explosion wrecked defunct Collinsville Bank this afternoon, injuring damaging several persons other business buildings in the city. John Dykes, federal bank ceiver Kansas City, has charge the tution since failed two bruised the body and sustained severe about his head and shoulders.


Article from The Miami Herald, April 6, 1927

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WRECKS BANK BUILDING AND INJURES PERSONS Receiver Is Among Those Hurt In Mysterious Blast In Oklahoma. [BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.] Okla., April explosion wrecked the defunct Collinsville Bank this after Injuring three persons and damcity. John Dyjes, federal bank receiver, Kansas City, Mo., who has been charge of the institution since failed months ago, bruised about the body and cuts about his head and shoulders.