San Francisco Police Deparment and its recovery from the 1906 earthquake

On April 18, 1906, at 2 p.m., headquarters removed into Portsmouth Square, remaining there until 4:30 p.m., same date, when it was established in the Fairmont Hotel, from which it was again moved the following day.*
*The fire had reached Nob Hill, consuming all structures. The Fairmont Hotel was under construction, its stonework hardly damaged by fire. The interiors had little to burn, but the hotel became untenable.
The department then moved to the North End Station, at 1712 Washington street, remaining in that station until the middle of the afternoon of the 19th, when it was transferred to Franklin Hall, on Fillmore street, between Sutter and Bush.
Here it remained two days, when a baker shop at the southwest corner of Bush and Fillmore streets was taken possession of, and Police Headquarters established, remaining several weeks and then moving to the Lowell High School on Sutter street, near Gough.
Owing to the fact that school was about to open, it became necessary to again move, and through the kindness of the Board of Education, Police Headquarters were permitted to move into a temporary building on a school lot at the southwest corner of Pine and Larkin streets, where it remained until February 11, 1907, when it was finally established in its present quarters at 64 Eddy street.
Company A, or the Central District quarters, remained with headquarters during all its meanderings.
Company B, of the Southern District, was established in the Southern Pacific sheds at Fourth and Berry streets, where it remained after the fire until its present quarters were rebuilt on a school lot, situated on Clara street, near Fourth.
Company C, of the Harbor District, immediately after the fire occupied the Wharfinger's Office on East street (Embarcadero) opposite Mission, until its present quarters were rebuilt on the former site.
Company D, of the Mission District, established quarters at Mangel's Hall, corner of Twenty-fourth and Folsom streets, where it remained until its former quarters were repaired.
Company E, of the City Hall district, was established at Clark's Hall, on Mission street near Twenty-second for a few months, and then moved to the Lowell High School Building, where it remained until its present quarters were built on Bush street, between Polk street and Van Ness avenue.

The following stations were but slightly damaged and were never vacated.

Park Station		506 Stanyan.
O'Farrell Street Station		2117 O'Farrell.
Potrero Station		609 Twentieth st.
South San Francisco Station		Railroad and Fourteenth ave.
Ocean View Station		Plymouth and Sagamore

It might be well to state here that nearly all the work of rebuilding, repainting, and refurnishing the stations was done by members of the Police Department.
All records, books, documents, papers, etc., of the Department accumulated since 1850, were destroyed, together with evidence and transcripts in all criminal cases, with the exception of the records of the Police Commission and the photograph albums of criminals kept in the Bureau of Identification.
There was but one officer killed, Max Fenner, who was crushed by falling walls on Mason street, near Eddy, the morning of the earthquake. Several officers were injured during the three never-to-be-forgotten days of April 18, 19, and 20, 1906, but fortunately none seriously.
So far as mentioning any particularly meritorious act performed by any given member of the Department is concerned, it would be a rank injustice to the others, as each and every member seemed to realize his duty in rendering every assistance possible to our unfortunate citizens in that trying time, and each man did his duty notably.