Newspaper · 1 Nov 1871

From Chicago: 800 safes in the great fire

Diebold & Kienzle, Canton, Ohio

Newspaper advertisement headed From Chicago: a dispatch dated 21 October 1871 from D. S. Covert saying over 800 Diebold and Kienzle safes were in the great fire
Advertisement in the Portland Morning Oregonian, 1 November 1871, quoting a telegram from Diebold & Kienzle's Chicago agent. Public domain, via Internet Archive.DownloadSave to Pinterest

Date

1 Nov 1871

Printed in

Morning Oregonian, Portland

Type

Newspaper

What it says

From Chicago. Dispatch of 21 October 1871 from D. S. Covert: over 800 Diebold & Kienzle safes were in the great fire.

Ten days after the fire the agent's telegram is already an advert on the other side of the continent.

Source: Internet Archive · Public domain

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