Most of the bullets passed over their heads instead of hitting them and made holes in foreign flags flying on the rooftop of Hyogo Unjo- sho (Kobe custom office) of the former bakufu located on the other side of the settlement.
弾はほとんどあたらず頭上を飛び越して、居留地の反対側にある旧幕府の兵庫運上所（神戸税関）の屋上に翻る列国の国旗を穴だらけにした。