Albert Anderson, a young man working on a threshing machine near Jamestown, slipped and one leg was drawn into the machinery, being ground to a pulp almost to the hip. He was taken to Jamestown and the leg amputated. A similar accident happened on a thresher south of this city several years ago.
Bismarck Tribune, 9/1/1899
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Hobos in Fargo knocked down a woman, and quite severely injured her because she would not cook them a meal.
Bismarck Weekly Tribune, 8/11/1893
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A. B. McLaughlin had the misfortune of losing his automobile by fire last Friday. He was driving along near
Belfour {sp} when all at once he discovered his car was in a blaze, the fire originating from an overheated exhaust pipe. Help was secured but it took over an hour to extinguish the flames as they spread to the fields and threatened considerable damage before they were extinguished. A small amount of insurance was carried on the car.
Hope Pioneer, 10/7/1920
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Suicide.
Sebastian Hendricks of Washburn, forty-four years old, and unmarried, committed suicide by cutting his throat from ear to ear with a dull knife in the Second National bank at Minot. He was found unconscious, but Coroner Crokat revived him with drugs and learned his name and address. The man shortly before he died said he had a brother Joe at Washburn and said he took his own life. His wrists were badly cut. He had been drinking heavily and was short on funds.
Hope Pioneer, 9/24/1903
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A FURIOUS FIRE.
Considerable Trouble at Fort Stevenson.
Sunday last a prairie fire walled in Fort Stevenson and came very near destroying the whole post. The garrison and every other able bodied person, tuned out and fought the flames with desperation. The wind was blowing a gale, but in spite of the elements the fire was beaten back, and the post saved. When the danger was supposed to be over, a flying spark set fire to the old corral. It was quickly burned with six mules, five hundred cords of wood, and all the grain, which was not a great deal.
Bismarck Tribune, 10/9/1878
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Sunday night a gang of men broke into a Great Northern car of melons and stole a large quantity of them. We understand that some of the men in the deal are in the employ of the Great Northern and that their names are known. It will go hard with them. The fellows, when confronted by the G. N. policeman, offered to settle for the melons, but their money was not accepted. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of several of these lawbreakers.
Ward County Independent, 7/12/1905
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