| Situation |
42 years old at the time.She lived in Nobori-machi, 1.1km from the hypocenter. On the morning of August 6, she was in her garden when she heard the sound of an explosion, and was thinking that this was strange as the air-raid warning had been lifted, when there was a flash of light and she laid on the ground. She rescued her husband who was trapped under the house, and they fled together to the Izumi home, now known as Shukkeien. Among the survivors gathered there were some people who could not bear the heat of the fires and jumped into the river and died. Ms. Kuwabara’s husband also died there three days later. |
