Show lA SWIMS SWIMS TO SAFETY PROM FROM PERCH ON CAR OAR BARSTOW Cal Cat July 4 AP APA APA AP- AP A desert cloudburst four miles east of here yesterday sent a torre torrent t of ot water across the transcontinental motor highway that picked up Tom Murphys Murphy's closed car and carried it yards off the road to a railroad embankment Murphy a merchant of Ludlow Cal on his way to Los Angeles clambered to the top of his automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile and mid remained there until other motorists discovered his plight and aud threw a rope to him from the railroad tracks With the aid of the rope h hw swam the swift torrent to safety The highway was badly damaged |