Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-10-29
A DASTARDLY CRIME.

A Hungarian Boarding House BLOWN UP
by Dynamite-An Electric Battery Oseo
90 Ignite the Explosive - List OF the
KILLED and Wounded
WIKEsBARRE, PA, October 2S.-A large
Hungarian boarding house at Laurel Run
this county, was blown to atoms by dyna-
miters at O'Clock this morning and three
Of the inmates killed outright, four fatally
injured and half dozen seriously hurt.
The killed are:
FRANK NowAsKI, aged %, single
MICHAEL CALLETs, aged 40, married.
GEORGE SILoCKY, aged 2S, married.
The most dangerously injured are;
JOSEPH CALLETR, back broken.
MIKE LosHITz, head and face cut anu
left arm broken.
en-, other crushed, necessitanng ampuIa-
tion.
MICHAEL URITz, abdomen torn.
BLAsH KRELL, both arms broken.
FAIR KoTzz, shoulder broken and ln'
iured internally
ANTHONY SECHTEcK, back and breast
crushed.
URIrz MGsKo, leg crushed.
THE FIENDs WHO PLANNED THE EXPLOSION
Did their work well despite the fact that
part of the plan failed. They placed ABOUT
twenty-four sticks Of dynamite under the
building, each being about nine lncnes
long and weighing about half pound. A
wire cOunec.ed tue sticks with battery
about fifty yards away When the sigma
was given only about half a dozen OF the
sticks exploded. They were sufficient
| however, TO completely wreck the Oall9
/ ing, not a beam or plank Of which was leI'
| standing. Several Of the inmates, who oc
cupied beds In the upper floor, were hurled
| 1fty feet in the air.
Some of them escaped fatal injuries by
/ alighting in the trees nearby. HAN ualeI
4 by fear and sleep they managed TO hold on
| to the limbs until they recovered thell
| senses, and were able TO reach the GROUND
! The track walker. who arrived on tnt
scene shortly after the explosion, says II
REsEMBLED A BATTLE FIELD.
The cries of the injured were heart
renuing. Some of them were In the trees
others were lying on the ground ana unuel
| the debris of the wrecked building. One
of the boarders. who escaped injury, mad'
his way to a neignboripg shanty and WOKE
the inmates. Blankets and bedding were
carried to the scene and the injured maze
as comfortable as possible.
At daylight the officials OF the Lehlgr
| Valley abroad were notified and specla
train, with a number Of physicians, wa
| hurried to the scene. The doctors dressed
the wounds Of the injured, who were TAKEN
to the hospital in this city.
The boarding boss says he is az loss az
10 what prompted the dastardly deed. AS
far as be knows, he has no enemies IN Jn'
world. Some of the bOarders think tn'
motive was robbery, as several OF Jneu
were known 70 have considerable money
il their possession. II TINS was Tue Oh
iect of the fends. it is plain why the
placed so much Of the explosive under tn'
building. They wanted
TO KILL EVERY PERSON II TIE PLACE,
in order TO get the plunder and then escap'
detection. Up 10 o'clock to-nlght no at
rests had been made. One OF the wounde'
son ne saw tour Ifaay gafhhsgn Ten tnf fa2ni6 anRif
down the roadway leauIu6 ~ 1s,,,.-:lI.-. :
! Miners Mills. They carried lanterns. Will
he lay on the ground, another stranger ap
preached him aud rihed his pockets. H
also cut the belt which encircled his wais
and carried IL away. Another OF the IN
jured gives IL as his opinion the men seel
on the ground after the explosion wer
tramps The dynamite used was Pitts
burg dynamite, which fact may lead {
their discovery, as dynamite of that char
acter is used bv the railroad contractors
whose tool house is near the scene. Tn
house had been broken open and a ney
battery taken out An old battery wa
found near by. The supposition is tina
the latter would not work and a new on
was necessary.
Michael BelIakovitch, the proprietor o.
the boarding house, was arrested to-nigh
| and sent 10 iail The authorities say the'
want him as a witness. He had money il
his possession, and on Saturday last told
friend that be was going 10 the old countr.