From the Minneapolis Tribune, September 17, 1876. Amazing that we weren't aware that CB Buckman had an amputation or wore a wooden leg. Wow. For context, this incident happened 10 years before the devastating tornado that swept thru Sauk Rapids, Rice, Buckman and Pierz in 1886. Buckman wasn't a town then, either, not until 1903, and the Janson families wouldn't arrive for another seven years.
CRUEL ACCIDENT________________
A Well Known Minnesota Farmer Mangled by a Threshing Machine--His Condition Critical.
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Pioneer Press and Tribune
St Cloud, Sept. 14--Yesterday morning, about 9 o'clock, an accident happened at Rich Prairie, in Morrison county, by which Mr. C.B.Buckman, one of the best known and highly respected citizens of northern Minnesota may loose his life. Mr Buckman was engaged at work around a threshing machine at his place, Rich Prairie, and had occasion to go upon the machine while in motion. While passing over the cylinder his left foot was caught in the remorseless teeth, and literally torn to fragments. A messenger was immediately sent to Little Falls, distant eighteen miles, who there telegraphed to Dr. McDonald, at St Cloud. The doctor made all haste, but during the long interval between the accident and the arrival of the doctor, Mr Buckman suffered terribly and bled profusely. Dr McDonald amputated the mangled member a short distance below the knee, and reports that when he left him, his patient was comparatively comfortable, although in a critical condition.
Mr Buckman is well known not only in northern Minnesota, but in St Paul and Minneapolis as well.
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