The Oriental Hotel was so crowded that one could hardly move in the corridors. The lobby had been turned over to various foreign relief committees for office space; an upper storey had been made a hospital; the motor car and lorry service had been placed at the disposal of those in charge of relief. Foreigners were registering with the international committee as well as at their own consulates. At the American Consulate, a bureau had been established under the supervision of Mr. E. S. Cunningham, the Consul-General of Shanghai, to register all foreigners with a-view towards determining the whereabouts of the living and the names of the dead. Many curious situations arose. A wife reported her husband missing. The husband in tears reported the wife dead.
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