| ID Code | EMATSUMOTO0002 |
|---|---|
| Title | Collapsed Shima Hospital, the hypocenter |
| Photographer | Eiichi Matsumoto |
| Date | Between September 18 and 25, 1945 |
| Location | Saiku-machi |
| Distance from hypocenter | 0 |
| Existence of phorographic nagatives | No |
| Owner | Asahi Shimbun |
| Custodian | Tokyo head office of Asahi Shimbun |
| Description | Shima Hospital, above which the atomic bomb exploded at a height of about 600 meters, collapsed and was reduced to rubble. With its meter-thick walls, the hospital was thought to be able to withstand any bombing, but it was destroyed. About 75 patients and hospital staff were killed here in the bombing. |
| Record of publication in literature, exhibition | "Exhibit of Photographs by Hajime Miyatake and Eiichi Matsumoto -- Hiroshima after the Atomic Bombing" (2005), special exhibit at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum |
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