Nagasaki - Atomic Wasteland

Nagasaki, the Atomic Wasteland Caused by the Bomb Nagasaki City on August 9,1945 Population : about 240,000 Deaths and injuries caused by the atomic bomb (estimates up to the end of December 1945) - Deaths : 73,884 - Injuries : 74,909 (from a 1950 study by the Committee for the Preservation of Atomic Bomb Artifacts) The area in front of Nagasaki Railroad Station About 2.4 kilometers south-southeast. (Photograhy by Torahiko Ogawa) Wall clock Found in a house near Sanno Shinto Shrine in Sakamoto-machi, about one kilometer from the hypocenter. The clock was shattered by the blast, and its hands stopped at 11:02－the moment of the explosion. Water tank from Keiho Middle School Water tank with contorted legs from Keiho Middle School, site of present-day Nagasaki Nishi High School. - Quote from Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum