A PORTION OF JAW WAS ACCIDENTALLY BLOWN OFF
Abercrombie, N.D., March 1—The community was shocked to hear of the terrible accident that befell Cyril Rezac, a farmer living two miles from town. He had been out hunting rabbits, and on returning home climbed through a fence, pulling his shotgun after him, the trigger caught on the wire and the full discharge hit him in the lower jaw, blowing one side and his chin entirely off. Dr. Ivers was immediately called by telephone, and made the patient as comfortable as possible. he was taken to the hospital at Breckenridge. Mr. Rezac was very brave and stood the shock remarkably well, for as soon as the doctor had bandaged the wound he walked over to his wife and tried to console her. Mr. Rezac came here from Nebraska two years ago and bought the H. I. Moe farm, and has made many friends who hope for his speedy recovery.
Fargo Forum and Daily Republican, 3/1/1915
Although I didn't find much on Cyril, it turns out that his wife, who he consoled so kindly, was five months pregnant at the time of Cyril's accident.
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Frank Plinski was killed at his home in the Polish settlement north of Jamestown Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. He was trading horses with Paul Rudnick and in the process of trading drove a team around. The team ran away and in some way he was thrown forward under the front wheels of the wagon. His head was badly injured and he died fifteen minutes after the accident.
Bismarck Daily Tribune, 1-14-1902
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A man named Johnson entered White's gun store in Yankton, on the 15th, and asked to see some revolvers, expressing his intention to buy one. He got Mr. White to load one, and as it was handed to him he put the muzzle against his breast and fired. Immediately afterwards he fell to the floor, senseless. Medical assistance was summoned, and on examination, the belief that expressed that Johnson would recover, though he is seriously wounded.
Bismarck Tribune, 1/28/1881
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Bert Nelson, a rural carrier out of Cooperstown, was badly injured when a motorcycle he was riding at high speed struck a rut and slid him across the landscape for a considerable distance.
Bismarck Daily Tribune, 4/20/1915
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Carried Dynamite In Vest Pocket
Dogden, N.D., May 13. Mike Bonderenka, who has been working on the Peace river farm this spring, had his hands injured by the explosion of a dynamite cap. It appears that Bonderenka has been in the habit of carrying dynamite caps in his vest pocket, together with his matches, and when he took a match out of his pocket found that one of the caps was caught on it. The cap exploded while he was trying to get it loose. He lost his thumb and one finger on his right hand, besides lacerating both hands badly.
Bismarck Daily News, 5/13/1911
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WOMAN'S LEG IS TORN OFF BELOW KNEE BY WHEEL
Mrs. Stephen Silvernagel of Strasburg Suffers From Strange Accident
Mrs. Stephen Silvernagel, 21-year-old wife of a farmer living 10 miles from Strasburg, is in a local hospital recovering from an amputation of her left leg above the knee made necessary as the result of an accident which resulted in the leg being torn off at the knww. Although suffering from loss of blood and shock, Mrs. Silvernakel is expected to recover, her physician, Dr. F. R. Strauss, stated today.
Mrs. Silvernagel was plowing on the farm while her husband in an adjoining field was seeding. As she was nearing the end of the last furrow Mrs. Silvernagel, in some unaccountable manner, slipped and her left foot got caught in the wheel of the plow. She called to the horses to stop, when she felt herself falling, but the animals kept on going several yards.
Tourniquet Made
As the wheel continued to revolve, it twisted Mrs. Silvernagel's left leg several turns until the limb was torn off at the knee. This twisting caused the nerves and blood vessels to be drawn down and they became so tightened as to prevent the flow of blood through the several veins.
Mr. Silvernagel, hearing his wife's screams, rushed to her side, tore a piece of her dress and bandaged the torn limb, placed his wife in an automobile and drove her to Bismarck, a distance of 75 miles. She was operated on eight hours after the accident occurred.
Bismarck Tribune, 5/13/1920
Apparently Mrs. Silvernagel was four months pregnant at the time of the accident.
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