Evening journal., 1894-10-29
HUNGRRIANS BLOWN UP
Twelve Pounds Of Dynamite Put
Under Boarding House.
THREE KILLED AND TEN INJURED
Tramps Are Suspected Of the Crime. and
Robbery is supposed to Have Been the
Motive--.The Proprietor Of the Boarding
House Arrested.


Wf1KEsBARRE, Pa, Oct e0.-A large
Hungarian boarding house at Laurel Run,
this county, was blown to atoms by dy
namiters, and three OF the inmates killed
outright, four fatally injured and half
dozen seriously hurt
The killed are Frank Nowaski, aged
20, single; Michael Callebe, aged 80 mar
ried; George Sllosky, agod 2S, married
The most dangerously injured nre Jo
seph Callebe, back brokon Mike Loshitz,
head and face cut and loft arm hroken
Kasha Catarosk, aged ~, one leg broken
and another crushed necessitating ampu-
tation; Michael Uritz, abdomen torn Biash
Krell, both arms broken Fair kotoh,
shoulder broken and injured internally;
Anthony Sochleok, back and breast crush
ed; Uritz Misko legs crushed.
The tlends who planned tho explosion
did their work we'll, despite tho fact that
part Of their plan fniled. They placed
about "a sticks Of dynamite under the
building, each being about nine inches
long and weighing about half pound.
\ A wire connected tho sticks with battery
/ situated about so yards away. When the
signal was Qivon, only about half dozen
| of the sticks exploded They were sutii-
| ciont. however, to completely wreck tho
building.
| Hurled Into Trees.
| Several OF the inmates who occupied
beds on the upper floor were hurled so
feet In tho air. Some of them escaped fa-
tai injuries by alighting In the trees near
/ by. half dazed by fear and sleep, they
| managed to hold on to the limbs until
they recovered their senses and were able
to reach tho ground A trackwalkor,
who arrived on the scene shortly after the
explosion, says It resemhled a battlefield.
The cries Of tho injured were heartrend-
ing. Some Of them were in the trees,
others were lying on the ground and un-
der the debris Of the wrecked building.
One Of tho boarders who escaped injury
made his way to q neighboring shanty
and woke the inmates. Blankets and bed
ding were carried to the soene and tht
injured made as comfortable as possible.
At daylight the officials of the Lehigf
Valley railroad were notified. and spe
cial train. with a number Of physicians
was hurried to the scene Tho doctor
dressed the wounds Of the injured, viii
were then brought to the hospital in thi
Z city.
Tho boarding boss says he does no
know what prompted the dastardly deed
| AS far as he knows he has no enemies il
the world.
Some of the boarders think tho motiv
was robbery, as several Of them wor
known to have considerable money Il
: their possession. If this was the ohjec
| OF the fiends. 1t Is plain why they place
so much Of the explosive under the build
: ing.
, They wanted to kill every person in tn
place in order TO got the plunder an
, then escape detection.
Tramps Suspected.
No arrests have been made. One Of II
wounded says that Immediately after I'll
I explosion he saw four strange mon ruI
ming down the roadway leading to tf
, village of Miners Mills. They carrie
: lanterns While no lay on the ground al
other stranger approached him and rifle
his pockets. He also cut the belt whiC
enoircled his waist and carried 1t away
Another of the injured gives II as b
opinion that the men seen on the groun
after the explosion were tramps I'll
I | dynamiters used Pittsburg dynamit
which fact may lead to their discovery,
dynamite of that character is used by tl
: | railroad contractors, whose Toulouse
= near the scene The house had been br
s. ken open and new battery taken out. A
old battery was found near by. The su
. position Is that the latter would n
4 work, and now one was necessary.
% Michael Bcllakovitch, the proprietor
y the boarding house, was arrested and SCI
~ to jail. The authorities say they wa
y him as a witness. lie had money In b
x possession and on Saturday last told
40 friend that he was going to the old cou
, try on Monday.