Omaha Savings Bank (Omaha, NE)

Episode Information

Episode UID
134430391122
Episode Type
Run Only
Bank Type
savings
Bank ID
13443039 hash
Start Date
June 14, 1893
Location
Omaha, Nebraska (41.259, -95.938)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
30febaba87f1f112

Response Measures

None

Events (1)

1. June 14, 1893 Run
Cause
Local Banks
Cause Details
Runs affected multiple Omaha savings banks; depositor withdrawals at Omaha Savings Bank tied to local bank runs/panic in the city
Measures
Directors guaranteed funds and the bank paid demands in cash to depositors
Newspaper Excerpt
Early there were a few depositors at the Omaha Savings Bank demanding their money, but as soon as it became apparent they could get it, the rush was over
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (10)

Article from Alexandria Gazette, June 14, 1893

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The Omaha savings bank runs have entirely ceased.


Article from The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, June 15, 1893

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Run on Omaha Banks Ended. OMAHA, NED, June 14.-The runs on the Omaha savings banks subsided this morning almost as quickly as they began._ yesterday. Early there were a few depositors at the Omaha Savings Bank demanding their money, but as soon as it became apparent they could get it, the rush was over and they left without taking their cash.


Article from The Morning News, June 15, 1893

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Omaha's Runs at an End. Omaha, June 14.-The runs on the Omaha savings banks subsided this morning almost as quickly as they began yesterday. Early there were a few depositors at the Omaha Savings Bank demanding their money, but as soon as it became apparent that the rush was over the anxious ones left without taking their cash.


Article from Grand Rapids Herald, June 15, 1893

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Quiet nt Omaha. OMAHA, June 14.-The runs on the Omaha savings bank subsided this morning almost as quickly as they be. gan yesterday. Early this morning there were a few depositors at the Omaha Savings bank who demanded their money, but as soon as it became apparent that the rush was over the anxious ones left without taking their cash.


Article from The Madison Daily Leader, June 15, 1893

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Runs at Omaha Cease. OMAHA, June 15.-The - savings bank runs have entirely ceased. With one exception, no banks showed more customers than on any day of businessthe Omaha Savings bank, which has neariy 10,000 depositors. The line dwindled from 130 depositors at the opening hour to less than 10 at noon. Most of the depositors were satisfied with a director's guarantee, but all were offered the cash. Bankers here agree that this institution's ready cash payment of all demands had more to do with stemming the panic than any other cause.


Article from Waterbury Evening Democrat, June 15, 1893

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Run on Omaha Banks Over. OMAHA, Neb., June 15.-The runs on the Omaha Savings banks have subsided. Early in the morning there were a few dopositors at the Omaha Savings bank demanding their money, but as soon as it be. came apparent that the rush was over anxious ones left without taking their cash.


Article from The Salt Lake Herald, June 15, 1893

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Quiet at Omaha. OMAHA, June 14.-The - run on the Omaha Savings bank subsided this morning almost as quickly as they began yesterday. A few depositors appeared early, but as soon as it became apparent that the rush was over, the anxious ones left without taking their money. There are no new developments regarding the suspended banks.


Article from Fort Worth Gazette, June 15, 1893

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RUN SUBSIDED Omahn. Neb. June 14.-The run on the Omaha Savings bank subsided this morning.


Article from The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 16, 1893

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RUNS ON BANKS ENDED. The Omaha Savings and Irvings savings, of New York, Stand Solid. OMAHA, June 15.-The run on the Omaha banks is practically over, the Omaha Savings bank, which caught it the hardest, having passed through a two days' siege apparently without inconvenience, and today there was no indication at any of the banks of the strain of the past fortyeight hours. NEW YORK, June 15.-A run on the Irv. ing Savings institution, which started yesterday, continued until this afternoon, and all the depositors were paid promptly and in full. The run eased off this afternoon, and is believed to be ended.


Article from The Ohio Democrat, June 24, 1893

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Run On Omaha Banks Cease. OMAHA, Neb., June 15.-The run upon the savings banks here has entirely ceased, except in one instance, that of the Omaha Savings baak, which has nearly 1,000 depositors