Down at the river, Dr. Fujii stays in the water and moves upstream with his two nurses. He is ashamed of his appearance. In the afternoon, he sets off with the nurses for his parent's home. In Ushida, Fujii finds first aid articles at a relative's house. He bandages the nurses and then they bandage him.
At Asano Park, Mrs. Nakamura is sitting in the green, quiet place of refuge and watching hundreds of people pour in. She and her children are thirsty, so they drink from the river. They start vomiting. Silent and horrified by the ghastly wounds, Father Kleinsorge does what he can to help. No one weeps, screams, complains, or talks. Meanwhile, Mr. Tanimoto finds a boat and ferries ten or twelve people at a time throughout the afternoon because the fires are spreading toward the park.
The two ministers get people together to put out fires with clothes, buckets, and basins. Although it takes two hours, they succeed. The raindrops increase and a whirlwind tears through the park, destroying trees in its path. After the storm, Mr. Tanimoto again ferries people, and Father Kleinsorge makes arrangements to send a cart to pick up Mrs. Nakamura and her children the next day so that they can join the priests in Nagatsuka.
