The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1894-11-03
A DIABOLICAL DEED
soARDino HOUSE BLOWN UP.
Some Malicious Person at Laurel Run
fennsylvania. Sends Number OF Hun.
safians Into Eternity by Using Dyna-
lite Terrible Work Of Destruction.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 2S-A large
Hungarian boarding house at Laurel
Hun, this county, was blown to atoms
by dynamiters Mt o'clock this morn
ing and three Of the inmates were kill
ed outright, four fatally injured and
half dozen seriously hurt.
The fiends who planned the explosion
did their work well despite the fact
that part OF the plan failed. They
placed about "a sticks Of dynamite TN
der the building, each being about 0
inches long and weighing about half a
pound
n wire connected the sticks with a
battery about 80 yards away. When
the signal was given only about half n
eozeh or the sticks exploded. They
were sufficient, however, to completely
wreck the building, not beam or
plank of which was left standing.
Several of the inmates who occu-
pied beds on the upper floor were
hurled 80 feet in the air, some of them
escaping fatal injuries by lighting on
the trees near by. Half dazed by fear
they managed TO hold ON to the limbs
OF the trees until they recovered their
senses and We're able to reach the
ground.
The track walker, who arrived on
the scene shortly after the explosion.
says 1t resembled battlefield. The
cries OF the injured were heart-rending.
Some OF them We're in the trees; others
were 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 We're carried to the scene and
the injured made as comfortable as
possible.
At daylight the officials of the Lehlgh
Valley railroad were notified and n
special train with number of physi-
clans was hurried TO the scene. The
doctors dressed the wounds of the In
jured, who were then brought to the
hospital in this city.
The boarding boss says he Is at a loss
to know 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 rob-
berry, as several of them were known
to have considerable money in their
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the tiends 1t is plain why they placed
so much of the explosive under the
building. They wanted to kill eve.y
person in the building in order to get
the plumber and then escape detection.
Up to Z o'clock tonight no arrests have
been made.
One of the wounded nieh says that
Immediately after the explosion he
saw four strange men running down
the road leading to the village at
Miners Mills. They carried lanterns.
While he lay on the ground another
stranger approached him and rif1ed
his pockets. He also cut the belt which
epcircled his waist and carried It
away. Another of the injured gives IL
rs his opinion that the men seen On
the ground after the explosion were
tramps.
The dynamitcrs used Pittsburg dy-
Mantle. which fact may lead to their
discovery, as dynamite of that charac-
Ter is used by the railroad contractors,
Whose tool house is near the scene.
The house had been broken open and
new battery taken out. An old BAT
terry was found near by. The supposi-
ton is that the latter Is the one that
did the work and the new one was still
In reserve.
Michael Bellakovitch. the proprietor
of the boarding house, was arrested to-
night and sent to jail. The authorities
say they want him as 4 witness.