Salt Lake Telegram | 1914-11-13 | Page 12 | American Consul. in Thick of Papeete Battle, Says He is Lucky to be Alive

AME AMERICAN IGAN CONSUL si IN i THICK OF BATTLE SAYS HE i IS LUCKY DUCKY TO TD BE ALIVE 1 nr rS f 4 4 pt 1 k M k r vw 5 Y y y a Sri r fir rl c k t wr S I b M Ms s y Y c 1 a 1 u r r rl M I James 31 H Goodier American consul at and his wife both of ot whom re recently TO- TO arrived c in S San n Francisco on the liner Mamma Marama from Tahiti for a a. two tv months months' vacation Mr Ir and Mrs rs Goodier wore in when the German cruisers bombal bombarded ed the tho French I port demolishing a great portion of ot tho city We Yo were In tho of firm fir nn twirl Swirl Con Pencil Consul r r. r and I 1 consider that W we wore were very ver fortunato for for- to escape unhurt Several shells exploded near tho the consulate an and after the battle was vas over I picked up sc cral pieces of ot shrapnel that had fallen tallen near and also found fragments on tho the roof When their furlough IH is up G Goodier and his wife wife- will return to their South Sea island I post port