The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29
FIENDSH DYNAMITARDS
Demolish Hungarian Boarding
House at Laurel Run, Pa.
THREE KILLED, MANY MANGLED.

Twenty-four Sticks Of Dynamite Placed
Under the House. and Half Dozen FIX
ploded Through a Wire Connected with
Battery Fifty Yards Away.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Oct. e9-A large
Hungarian boarding house at Laurel Run,
this county, was blown to atoms by dy-
namitards at o'clock yesterday morning,
and three of the inmates killed outright,
four fatally injured, and half dozen Sc
riously hurt
The killed are Frank Nowaski, aged 20,
single; Michael Calletz, aged 40, married;
George Silosky, aged 2s, married.
The most dangerously injured are: Jo-
seph Calletz, back broken; Mike Loshitz,
head and face cut and left arm broken;
Kasha Cataresk, aged 10, 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 flends 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
long and weighing about half pound. A
wire connected the sticks with battery
situated about fifty yards away. When the
signal was given only about half dozen
of the sticks exploded. They were suf-
ficient, however, to completely wreck the
building, not n 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
juries 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
track walker who arrived on the scene
shortly after the explosion says it resem-
bled battlefield. The cries of the injured
were heartrending Some of them were
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 a neighboring
shanty and woke the inmates. Blankets
and bedding were carried to the scene, and
the injured made as comfortable as pos
sible.
At daylight the officials of the Lehigh
Valley railroad were notified and a special
train, with number of physicians, was
hurried to the scene. The doctors dressed
the wounds of the injured, who were then
brought to the hospital in this city.
The boarding boss says he is at n loss as
to what prompted the dastardly deed As
Tar as he knows he has no enemies in the
world. Some of the boarders think the
motive was robbery, as several of them
were known to have considerable money
In their possession. If this was the object
OF the flends 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 plumber and then
escape detection.
One of the wounded men says that inn
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 rified his pockets. He also cut tho
belt which encirclcd his waist and carried
1t away. Another of the injured gives it
rs his opinion that the men seen on the
ground after the explosion were tramps
The dynamitards 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
house is near the scene. The house had
been broken open and new battery taken
out. An old battery was found near by.
The superstition is that the latter would
not work and a new one was necessary,
Michael Bellakovitch, the proprietor of
the boarding house, was arrested last night
and sent to Jail. The authorities say they
want him as a Witness He had money in
his possession, and on Saturday last told a
friend that he was going to the old country
on Monday.