Top PageA-bomb ArtifactsNational railway ticket dated August 6
ID Code | 8205-0001 |
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Artifact Name | National railway ticket dated August 6 |
Donor | Matsuko Egi |
Receiving Date | 1979/06/27 |
Size (W×H×D) (mm) | 55×25 |
Distance from the Hypocenter(m) | 1900 |
Number | 1 |
Location | Ushita, Hiroshima Station areas |
Description | Matsuko Egi and her daughter Chizuko (then 20 months) were waiting for a train at Hiroshima Station when the bomb exploded. They climbed over the mountain near the station and walked to Yaguchi Station on the Geibi Line. They managed to catch a train, but when Matsuko fainted they were taken for help to a school in Miyoshi. |