Copyrighted to Eric Sim
Copyrighted to Eric Sim
Copyrighted to Eric Sim

Thursday, April 29, 2010
Summary package 3

The bomb exploded over Hiroshima causing portion of the city was leveled by blast and swept by fire. It caused many buildings to collapses. The conflagration caused thousands of people to killed or missing and presumed dead, equal number were injured. The exact number of dead and injured will never be known due to the confusion after the explosions and many will never be accounted for. Most of the immediate casualties did not differ from those caused by incendiary or high-explosive raids. The survivors said that many of the dead died in horrible manners. The impact of the atomic bomb shattered the normal fabric of community life and disrupted the organizations for handling the disaster. A mass flight from the city took place, as people sought safety from the conflagration and a place for shelter and food. However people were streaming back by the thousands in search of relatives and friends and to determine their property loss within a day.


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