The California Catholic Daily website reports today (October 26, 2011) that thieves -- apparently interested in its copper content -- hauled away a 530-pound historic church bell from St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco early on October 23.
The bell -- 63 inches in diameter -- had been mounted on a concrete slab in the garden area at the corner of the cathedral's front parking lot, and had an estimated value of $75,000.
Police said they believe the thieves were professionals, hoping to salvage the bell for its copper content, estimated to have a value of $12,000.
The theft of this historic bell is the latest in a rash of alarming metal thefts across San Francisco, police said.
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