What was there to do with?
Everything was gone in the way of ovens and utensils.
It was absolutely necessary to let the outside world know the true state of things.
The city was unable to help itself.
In fact, a great part of the mighty, noble state of Texas was prostrate.
Even the country at large was paralyzed at the sense of the magnitude of the disaster, and was for the time being powerless to do anything.
The entire world was thrilled with alarm, it being instinctively felt that the worst had not yet been made known.
Twenty-five thousand people had to be clothed and fed for many weeks, and many thousands supplied with household goods as well. Much money was required to make their residences even fit to live in.
During the first few days after the disaster it was almost beyond possibility to make any estimate of the amount of money necessary to even temporarily relieve the sufferings of the unfortunate people.
As a means of enlightenment, Major R. G. Lowe, business manager of the Galveston News, was asked to send out a statement to the Associated Press, for dissemination throughout the globe, and he accordingly dispatched the following to Colonel Charles S. Diehl, General Manager of the Associated Press at the headquarters in Chicago: