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The Scranton Tribune
Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
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Melville Rooney of 815 Orchard Street was kicked in the face by a horse while driving a team hauling bricks near Connell brick yard on South Side yesterday afternoon, losing two teeth, breaking another, splitting his lip (requiring stitches), and swelling his neck.
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Rooney’s Teeth Knocked Out and Lip Cut Open by a Kick from a Horse.
Melville Rooney, of 815 Orchard street, was kicked in the face yesterday by one of a team of horses he was driving, and two of his teeth were kicked out, another broken, and his upper lip split so that it required three stitches to sew it up. Rooney was employed as a teamster by his sister. Yesterday he was hauling brick from the Connell brick yard at No. 5. He was hauling a load of brick yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock and the team was climbing a steep hill near the brick yard. He was walking alongside the team and reached over to strike the off horse with the whip to spur up the animal. The one nearest him without warning shot out its foot and kicked him in the face. Rooney was knocked senseless and lay along the road for an hour before he was noticed. A carriage was brought and the injured man taken to Dr. Walsh’s office. The doctor found his neck much swollen, making breathing difficult.
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South Side
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Yesterday Afternoon At 3 O'clock
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two teeth knocked out, another broken, upper lip split requiring three stitches, neck swollen making breathing difficult, knocked senseless
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Melville Rooney, a teamster employed by his sister, was hauling a load of brick from the Connell brick yard at No. 5. While walking alongside the team climbing a steep hill near the brick yard, he reached over to strike the off horse with the whip. The nearest horse kicked him in the face without warning. He lay along the road for an hour before being noticed and taken to Dr. Walsh’s office.