Captain Clarke was not a sensationalist, but he well knew that the truth was what the people of the United States wanted at that time.
If the people of the country at large felt they were being deceived in anything they would be apt to close their pocketbooks and refuse to give anything.
If told the truth they would respond to the appeal for aid generously.
When relief finally began to pour in it was remarkable how soon the women of the city plucked up courage, and went to work with the men.
They had suffered frightfully, but they refused to give up hope.
Many called upon the mayor and offered their services as nurses.
Others prepared bandages for the wounded and aided the physicians in procuring medicines for the sick.
They went among the men who were engaged in burying and otherwise disposing of the dead and cheered them with bright faces and soothing words.
They were everywhere, and their presence was as rays of sunshine after the black clouds of the storm.
A regular fleet of steamers and barges was plying between Galveston and Texas City, only six miles distant, and which had railway communication with all parts of the United States. As the railroad line to Texas City had been repaired, trains were sent in there as close together as possible, but this did not prevent many hundreds in Galveston from dying of starvation and lack of medical attendance.