Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-05-24
.AVE YOU a SAFE. Not

HAVE YOU A SAFE! Not IA KNOB or
llASBESTO CHEST, nor u FIRE BRICK, CEMENT.
or ALUM CHEST, or any of the other kinis once suppos-
ed to be Safes, though now KNOWN ohe utterly worth
less, but a genuine Sllaman der Safe,
made by @. RICH 4 CO, ortheir successors s EARN
x MARVIN If you have not, the following INFER
rogatories arc deeply interesting to you, and may well
claim your serious consideration
{ FIRsT.-Wouln not he destrucio of your valuable
Books, Papers, Money, &c, greatly derange your bust
ness, and subject you to serious, il not RurSovs loss?
SEcoND-Since such n calamity can be avoided DUR
ING YOUR LIFETIME by the outlay Of fifty or a hundred
or two hundred dollars, in the purchase of a Safe, does
not trne economy counsel that outlay, rather than the
saving of the expense You would thus incur?
THTRD.-lfy you pay ANNUALLY for insurance on your
stock # merchandise, is it not equally important to ef
iectinsurance on your books and papers for a series oil
years, paying a small premium ONCE FOR ALL?
fouRrH.-lfy you have a safe yourself, viii You not
materially serve your own interest by urging upon your
customers and debtors the importance of owning one,
lest they should lose their books and be thus rendered
insolvent
FIFTH.-Will you employ o few moments in reading
the following testimony, and afterwards call on or send
to. the undersigned for other certificatcs equally sal.
i>tactorv. extending over a period of Flea years pnst. dn-
ring which time no instance has occurred where VIII
DER'S PATENT SaLAMASDER SAFE. IaPRovED BY
RICH & CO, has fiied to preserve its contents in the
fiercest FIRE.
New York, December 90. 1851.
Messrs. Stearns & Marvin. successors to Rich & Co..
No. lag, Water street, New York:
SIRs w hen the fire was consuming my place Of blu
siness, No, PIG Pearl street, | was absent in Rem -elear
county, testing a new cleaning apparatus in connection
with my Excelsior Tire her, and did not read the a-
count until | was fearful it was too late TO save my books.
which were placed in one of your Safes. purchased of Mr..
Marvin some year ago. My fears were not allayed when
l found it nee ssary upon my return to apply the Croton
water 40 hours before l was enabled to commence on.
erations: after which it required fifty four hours of labor
and application of water to raise the Salanlander from
its ashy bed. You may Judge ofmy anxiety during this
delay, and my agreeable surprise upon opening the
Safe in the presence of a number of gentlemen to find
my books and papers saved. and as iegible as they were
previous to the fire. The intense heat to which the Safe
"as subjected, can be coniectured from the condition
OF another safe, (not a Salamander) of which an iron
skeleton frame only remained, and not a vestise ofa book.
They were companions in the same Office, on the second
floor, from which they fell upon crates of ear,henware
in the cellar, the ruined Safe upon the Salamander. II
their position had been reversed. not even the skeleton
would have remained. My loss over the insurance is
Sl,900, yet the salvation of my books in your Salaman.
der with the representatives of upwards of 300 900,
and important documents which could not be Duplicated
has fully compensated me.
1t Will afford me great pleasure to exhibit the new
Sale purchased of you, and explain its merits. at nv
present Office No PSI Pearl street, where | shall remain
until the new building No. PIG is erected.
Yours, respectfully,
JOSEPH G. GILBERT.
RICH & CO.'S was the only one among the II Safes
and Chests tested in the above named Pearl-st. fire
which proved to be A SAFE, the contents of the otf 81
eleven beng REDUCED TO ASHES!
The Importance of being in possession ofsuch a cheap
insurance for valuable documents, books, papers, &c. is
apparent on reading the following list, wherein it will be
seen that five Safes (Which cost tie owners only s650)
saved property to the amount of s13s $50 from fire!