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Boats splintered by the atomic bomb's blast

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ID Code HMIYATAKE0011
Title Boats splintered by the atomic bomb's blast
Photographer Hajime Miyatake
Date Between around August 10 and 11, 1945
Location Kako-machi
Distance from hypocenter 1290meters
Existence of phorographic nagatives No
Owner Asahi Shimbun
Custodian Tokyo head office of Asahi Shimbun
Description Wreckage of splintered boats, taken from the left bank of Sumiyoshi Bridge facing upstream toward the north. It is said that wooden fishing boats moored there were blown around by the hot wind and whirlwinds after the bombing and smashed to pieces.
Record of publication in literature, exhibition Asahi Shimbun (August 24, 1945, Osaka edition )
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