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ID Code A-853
Photographer Shigeo Hayashi
Provider Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Location Peace Memorial Park vicinity
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 120
Description Remains of victims in the Sarugaku-cho area
Location: Sarugaku-cho (now, Ote-machi 1 chome)
Distance from hypocenter: approx. 120m
Wooden houses packed tightly in the hypocenter area were enveloped and wholly swallowed by flames. Finely splintered human bone remained in the area. The physics sub-team collected human bone to calculate the phosphorus activated by neutron rays.

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