The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-10-29
DYNANITARDS.
Demolish a Hungarian Boarding
House at Laurel Run, Pa,
THREE KILLED, MANY MANGLED.

| Twenty-fuur sticks of Dynamite Placed
Under the House, and Half Dozen Ex-
ploded Through Wire Connected with
Battery Fifty Yards Away.
WlLKEsBARRE, Pa, Oct ga large
Hungarian boarding house at Laurel Run,
this county, was blown to atoms by dy-
nauitards at o'clock yesterday morning,
and three OF the inmates killed outright,
four fatally injured, and half dozen Sc
riously hur5.
The killed are Frank Nowaski, aged %,
single; Michael Calletz, aged 40, married;
George Silosky, aged 2S, married
The most dangerously injured are: 10
seph Callet2, back broken; Mike Loshitz,
head and face cut and left arm broken;
kasha Cataresk, aged 49, one leg broken
and the other crushed, ,necessitating ampu-
tation; Michael Uritz, abdomen torn;
Blash Krell, both arms broken; Fair
kotzcy, back and breast crushed; Uritz
Tsko, legs crushed.
The tends who planned the explosion
did their work well, despite the fact that
part of their plan failed They placed
about twenty four sticks of dynamite under
the building, each being about nine inches
wire connected the sticks with battery
situated about fiftyyards away. When the
signal was given only about a half dozen
of the sticks exploded. They were suf-
ticient, however, TO completely wreck the
building, not beam or plank of which
was left standing.
Several of the inmates who occupied beds
on the upper floor were hurled fifty feet
In the air. Some of them escaped fatal in
luries by alighting in the trees nearby.
Half dazed by fear and sleep they man
aged to hold onto the limbs until they re-
covered their senses and were able to reach
the ground.
A track walker who arrived on the scene
shortly after the explosion says it resem-
bled battlefield. The cries of the injured
We're heartrending. Some of them were
in the trees, others We're lying on the
ground and under the debris of the wrecked
building. One of the boarders who escaped
injury made his way to neighboring
shanty and woke the inmates. Blankets
and bedding were carried to the scene, and
the injured made as comfortable as DOS
sible.
At daylight the officials of the Lehigh
Valley railroad were notified and special
train, with IA number of physicians, was
hurried to the scene The doctors dressed
the wounds Of ,he injured, who were then
brought to the hospital in this city.
The boarding boss says he is at loss as
to what prompted the dastardly deed. AS
far as he knows he has no enemies in the
world. Some Of the boarders think the
motive was robbery, as several of them
We're known to have considerable money
in their possession If this was the object
of the fends it is plain why they placed so
much Of the explosive under the building
They wanted to kill every person in the
place in order to get the plunder and then
escape detection
One of the wounded men says that i'm
mediately after the explosion he saw four
strange men running down the roadway |
leading to the village of Miners Mills. |
They carried lanterns While he lay on |
the ground another stranger approached |
and ritled his pockets. He also cut the |
belt which cncirclcd his waist and carried |
1t away Another of the injured gives it
as his opinion that the men seen ON the
ground after the explosion were tramps
The dynamiuards used Pittshurg dyna
mite, which fact may lead to their discov
cry, as dynamite Of that character is used
by the railroad contractors, whose tool
ti"u9c - lluaT Ihe hcene. Inc house had |
been broken open and a new battery taken
out, An old battery was found near by
The supposition is that the latter would
not work and new one was necessary.
Michael Bellakovitch, the proprietor of
the boarding house, was arrested last night
and sent TO jail, The authorities say thev
want him as witness. He had money in
his possession and ON Saturday last told
tlend that he was going to the old country
on Monday.