Turning Back the Pages of Time
1926 Nervy Murphy, stunt flier in circus, killed! “Nervy” Murphy, the aerial acrobat of Ray Shifflett’s aerial circus was instantly killed this afternoon about 3:45 o’clock when the propeller of his ship, which he was inspecting, crushed his skull. Mr. Murphy had just landed at the field on the Neel farm south of Webster City after taking a passenger in the air when he noticed something was wrong with the propeller. He did not shut off his motor before he went around in front of the ship, it was said, to investigate the trouble and suddenly other persons on the field saw ...
