Kagawa Chiyoe

Age at the time of bombing: 39
Date of the scene:
1945/8/6
Distance from hypocenter:
1,400 m
Location:
Nishi-hakushima-cho, Moto-machi, Hakushima areas

Dimension: 38 × 53.5 cm

A woman was attacking the wall of a collapsed house, underneath which her daughter was trapped. Fire was fast approaching. The mother could not break through the wall trapping her daughter alive.

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