Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-07-06
CHARLES NURpHY's BIG RIDE
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Nv tork. duiE 1t n1rtrs NJ Nfr~
shy. - th~ Kings county vsts~intsu.
to'is . ufiir On a birycie. paee,i s.t d TO-
cs .ruotive. ir o-ss s. vs-ssrtay Ills
-osr~e was a tvo-rnile toard track on
a sidiug % the Long i4ians railroad.
Murphy followed an engtqe autl .iss
,oaea. the iatter h~far proFtissl ss5th
a ha.si. uhfch acted a. a wind shield
fcr the rider.
The boor,i trsek uas h'd a-1r Nav
woosi- l. l.. and ext~nds,I trshi tsas
s.atioa two mites EAST. ard va- a.
rsarlv perfect TO a l-ssl rs -ki.i cus.i,l
lake -
started - ntzs specs.
tnstnser sam Eooth bad bis hand
on th~ throttle 90 engine - when m.
word wa~ given 20 start. tsn ulinnt,s
past Es~- Th- engine started .. .
sppd rats and h~fsrr toa wards ha,f
a'en 'saverSr,L saS running % a rate
&C uiorr than hfty mites an hnur. Mar
rhy was k~~ping well within th- boosl.
~ they u-arvd ,n~ hreinninr 90 the
ruil~ stretch the pacv waS = mils. a
minute and a elousl of du~t ebseurr,i
the rider FROM the view Of The sp~ctn-
tors. who lined the banks GA either
ID
-rm Al Etxht. send H~r ktssxr-
Entering on thu sparr whieh wauid
tssi bis speed. MurPhy. ia rrnis 60 a
tu~rry. shouted. '-I'm ali right. Seud
her along Iint there Was 40 ueces-
siiy for his remarks rrgar,iin~ spev,l.
as the engineer was seuslinu he hig
steam syer along ~ top sped The
qrarter was reached in rs Srcunds and
The half ia p z-1. The timers for The
thr~e-quarters were M~s~r~ Bje-v~ and
: oii the furrnsr registering a. ansi the
batter a. -. " the hnish. two Of the
wstche- showed . t-5. one 3. l-5 and
- and the nfth = "a. which was held
q, sheriff Crramsr. The timers agr~vd
that Murphy bad covered the distance
in 5. a. srcvuds
tr~ss~.sty IA. Nxsis-s th~ Csr.
Those On the hack platform who
Watched Murphy through his wonder
fui rfsls stated that the risl-r's handle
TAR had knocked against the ruhb-r
buffet ~ least siN times and each tiu.s
he cuncussion seut him hack fully siV
f~st. bat Murphy always bad strength
eueugh TO regain this distance
During the last guarter % a mile
tbs rider covered the ground for the
grrater part fully wheels lsnzth out
side # the hood. but A. he pasrra th-
nui~h b.. was cio-~ up.
saved Er~~s Fr~hsst- n~eta-
Just then tvo strong u1~n on b.,arsI
tn train rvavhcd down. and srsfesl the
Fis.~r by either erm and lifted him
ahuari the ear in safety Their aetioa
undoubtedly saved Murphy-s life b.
vagse h was then in such a weak con
ditioa that hail hr been allowed tn rr-
uiain ON th~ wheel he Noald have been
uuabir 20 control IL AMI a ssrioas IL
net fatal accident might have hap
vrae,l-
Murphy Was CARRIED 20 the fruut
part Of 'hr car and laid on "a cn-. where
physician administered - him and
u lesS than i've minutes the cyelist
was ablc To converse with those
around him
rh.sxst tao rtasks were rors -.
NrrFhy seemesl dazrd a. FIRST and
ssid in answer ta qu~ris~ As "a Why
b. fell back - many times 4 did
that ~ that ! might not come IN csa-
tact with the planks which we're be-
M torn uP in front Of me" Later ga.
however. he did not refer to this. but
said continually:
-boys. I've always felt that 7 could
ssa thi~. Now that have dome il ! am
satisfied an.l 81 are MANY other