Evening star., 1945-08-22
Surrenderto Be Signed August 81
In Tokyo Area Macarthur Says;
Atom Casualties Put at 100000
AtLeost 100000
Homeless Included
In Enemy Figures
BY the Associated Press.

~ VIC A9ouSinIco iACnos
The Tokyo radio said today the
latest checkup on damage done
by atomic bombs dropped on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki showed
that 100000 persons were killed,
injured or made homeless in the
two Japanese cities.
The broadcast, recorded in New
York by the Associated Press, said
the bomb which fell on Hiroshima
on August 6 killed or injured 160, 900
persons and left 100000 homeless.
The bomb which hit Nagasaki on
August 9 left 10000 casualties, the
radio report said.
The broadcast said furthermore
many persons are dying daily from
burns sustained during the course
of the raids. Since the raid on Hiro-
shima took place during working
hours in the morning and the atomic
bomb hit the central part of the
city, casualties were tremendous.
with more than $4,000 killed accord
ing to latest figures available.
Number of Dead Mounts.
The number of dead is mounting
as many of those who received burns
cannot survive their wounds be-
cause of the uncanny effects the
atomic bomb produces on the hu-
man body. Even those who received
minor burns looked quite healthy at
first only to weaken after a few days
from some unknown reason and fire.
quently died.
Since the explosion of the atomic
bomb affected an area of 80 kilo-
meters in diameter and practically
all houses in this area were either
blown up, knocked down or reduced
by fire, it is difficult to count all of
the bodies, many of which are bu-
ried under collapsed buildings. The
sight of women and children wound
ed by the explosion defies descrip-
ton"
The radio report said the bomb
hit factory area on the northern
side of the Nagasaki station and
although geographically parts of
that city did not receive a direct
conclusion from the explosion all
windows and roofs in these more re-
mote parts were shattered or blast
ed, with the result that almost the
entire city was affected by the raid"
Builds Up Pressure.
The explosion OF the atomic bomb
apparently continues to build up in
creased pressure after the first i'm
pact Of the explosion, Sutezo Tori,
Japanese defense headquarters tech
nician, said today in a report on
detailed study of the first atomic
explosion at Hiroshima.
The sound of the explosion" said
Torii's report as broadcast by the
japanese Domei News Agency,
seemed to have been heard at the
same time as the pressure of the
conclusion. Flash and pressure con-
cussion are EXTREMITY powerful. How
ever, the effect is comparatively
slow. Thus, if it were an ordinary
bomb, flash and explosive pressure
would be most powerful at the mo-
ment OF the explosion, but the pres
sure Immediately released after the
atomic bomb exploded swiftly scat
tiers elastic energy throughout the
air"
Tori noted that persons who wit
messed the "monstrous spectacle"
said they actually saw ripples cir
culate from the explosion and that
the explosive pressure was felt for
a considerable period.
The investigation disclosed also
that persons burned by the explo-
sion were more seriously injured on
the side facing the bomb, while the
burns were lighter on the far side.