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3 [underlined] MGI vol 2124 number 151c

one frequently came across was the presence of say, two bodies lying almost side by side, one fearfully mutilated and the other without a scratch, the primary cause of death however in each case doubtless being concussion.

Some of the sighs I saw were too horrible to put in print; for instance I came across the body of a man who had been pinned under the ruins of his burning house, and his body from the shoulders down was roasted until it resembled a large bit of pork. Another was that of a woman who had lost her head and both legs. Cases of crushed heads, broken backs, the loss of one foot, leg or arm were numerous and everywhere to be seen. Little children in arms were lying beside their mothers; in one case I saw a child still clasped in it's mothers arms.

To describe the frightfulness of the whole thing is quite beyond any effort of mine, and certainly have seen nothing like it elsewhere including some of the sights I have witnessed in France.

My own particular little bit of work in this disaster - for the first three days - consisted