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THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE
AND FIRE OF APRIL 1906

Police Department


Hall of Justice

The Hall of Justice, located at the corner of Kearny and Washington streets, was totally destroyed and with it the Department lost all its headquarters paraphernalia, including that of Company A, amounting in the aggregate to $145,563, which does not include losses sustained by individual members of the Department or that of persons whose property had been taken from them when arrested and was at the time in the vaults of the Property Clerk.
The following table shows losses to other stations.

NameStable   Location Loss
Southern  YesFourth and Clara*  $43,859
Harbor YesCommercial and Drumm* 23,015
MissionYesSeventeenth and Division**    30,000
City Hall Station & Prison   NoMcAllister and Larkin*4,500
North EndNo1712 Washington*3,370

* Totally destroyed
**  Damaged

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