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The Hiroshima Gas Head Office's ceiling was completely blown off by the atomic bomb's blast

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ID Code HMIYATAKE0015
Title The Hiroshima Gas Head Office's ceiling was completely blown off by the atomic bomb's blast
Photographer Hajime Miyatake
Date Between around August 10 and 11, 1945
Location Ote-machi
Distance from hypocenter 210meters
Existence of phorographic nagatives Yes
Owner Asahi Shimbun
Custodian Tokyo head office of Asahi Shimbun
Description The Hiroshima Gas Head Office building, looking from the southeast corner toward the west side. The ceiling of this three-story building collapsed and became a single layer with the floors, crushed into the basement due to the bomb's strong blast. The wall facing the hypocenter (east-southwest) collapsed and the subsequent fire continued for two days.
Record of publication in literature, exhibition Asahi Shimbun (August 26, 1945, Osaka edition )
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