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Nuclear Weapons of the Atomic AgeAtomic Bomb Center at Nagasaki Penciled on reverse: %u201c1946 Z/W Foto N.Y. N.Y.%u201d Text on sign:ATOMIC BOMB CENTEROUTLINE OF DAMAGEOn 9 August 1945 at 11:02 am an atomic bomb exploded in the air just above here. Instantaneously. all the houses in this Urakami area collapsed. There was a tremendous conflagration.Other parts of Nagasaki city were also burnt down and practically all the houses in the city suffered half destruction by the explosive wind.The pitiable scene was beyond description. The outline by means of figures is given here.1. Burnt area: 73,116,000 sq. ft.2. Damaged houses:(Total & major destruction only): 18,409 houses.Totally burnt: 11,576. Totally collapsed: 1,326.3. Sufferers: 120,820 persons.Death: 73,884 Injured (including later deaths caused by atomic disease): 76,796