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Vaults Of The Bank Of France

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Day
8
Month
December
Year
1893
Copyright
Public Domain
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The treasures ot tiie BanK or t raneo are said to be better guarded than those of any other bank in the world. At the close of business hours every day, when the money is put into the vaults in the cellar, niasons at once wall up the doors with bydraulic mortar. Water is then turned on and kept running until the cellar is flooded. A burglar would have to work in a diving suit and break down a cement wall before he could oven start to loot the vaults. When the officers arrive the next morning, the water i drawn off. the masonry torn down and the vaults

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News