This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SILVERNAGEL, SCHERR, STOPPEL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0gB.2ACI/280.1.1 Message Board Post: Many thanks for finding this article! Our ancestors certainly were hardy, hard working "survivors"! Eva (SCHERR) SILVERNAGEL was 4 months pregnant when this accident happened. Five months later she gave birth to her (1st?) son, Joseph SILVERNAGEL on 16 Oct 1920 in Strasburg, ND. Eva SCHERR was the middle child of at least 11 children of Michael Scherr & Regina Welk [per the 1910 census in Strasburg, Emmons co, ND] Bismark Tribune 13 May 1920: Womans Leg is Torn Off at 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 knee. Although suffering from the loss of blood and shock, Mrs. Silvernagel is expected to recover, her physician, Dr. F. H. 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 going several yards. Tourniquet Made: As the wheel continued to revolve it twisted Mrs. Silvernagel's leg several times until it 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 to Bismark, a distance of 75 miles. She was operated on eight hours after the accident occurred.