Mcgillick Savings & Trust Company (Pittsburg, PA)

Episode Information

Episode UID
6295677991581
Episode Type
Run โ†’ Suspension โ†’ Closure
Bank Type
trust
Bank ID
629567799 hash
Start Date
September 25, 1931
Location
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania (40.441, -79.996)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
055348b1b4446921

Response Measures

None

Description

State banking department closed the institution after heavy withdrawals; no reopening reported in these articles.

Events (2)

1. September 25, 1931 Run
Cause
Local Banks
Cause Details
Heavy withdrawals of deposits in the days before closure, contemporaneous with failures/closures of other Pittsburgh banks.
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.
Newspaper Excerpt
The McGillick Savings and Trust Company was closed by the state banking department this afternoon.
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.