The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-10-29
PLOT or FiENDS.
Hungar an Boarding House
Blown to SplIHters.
Several Deaths Will Result --Ihe Land
lord Placed Under Arrest.
BY the Associated Press.

WuvRssAsRy, Pa, Oct. 1.-A larg
Hungarian boarding house ~ Lsurel Ru
was blown % atoms by dynanlitcrs early
Sunday morning, and three OF she In
mates were killed outright, four fatally
injured and half q 90 seriously hurt.
The hsnds who plennsd the explosion
did their work we'll, despite the fact that
part OF thelr plan failed. They placed
about "a sticks N dynamite under the
building each being about nine inches
long and weighing shout half pound.
A wire connected the sticks with battery
situated about 20 ysrds away.
When the electricity was applied, only
about half dozen sticks exploited. They
were sufficient, however, TO completely
wreck the building Several Of tbs in
mates who occupied beds in the upper
floor were hurled ~ feet in the sir, some
of them sscsping fatal injuries by alight-
ing in the trees near by Halt dazed Ivy
fear and slrsp, they managed 70 hold on
TO the, llnts until they recovered their
senses and
Were Abis to Reach the Ground.
A trsokwalker, who arrived on the
scene shortly after the explosion, says 10
injured filed ths air. Some OF them wero
in the trees, others were lying on the
ground, and still others under the debris
of the wrecked building.
One OF the ooardsrs, who escaped injury,
made his wsr to reighboring shiA5y
and swose the inmates. Blankets and
bedding were then carried 10 tho scene,
and the injuTsd made as comfortable as
possible.
At daylight tho eficials OF tho Lehigh
Valley railroad we're notified, and a spe-
eial train. with number OF physicians,
was hurried TO the scene. The doctors
dressed the wounds of she injured, who
were aftcrwaTd brought 10 the hospital in
this city.
Robbery Probably the object.
The boarding boss says he IS st a loss to
know what prompted the ds~t.rdly decd.
He says he has no enouscs 10 the world.
Some of the bosr6srs rhirk thr rnctive
was robbery, as several ef them were
known TO have considsraSlo money in
their possession.
No arrests havc yet been rsde. One of
the wounded mon says thar immediately
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 him
and rlA.d his pockets. He also cut the
belt which encircled his waist and carried
10 away. Another Of tho injured gives 1t
as his opinion Tint the men seen after the
explosion vera tramps.
The dynMniters used Pittsburg dyna-
mite, which fact may lead TO their discov-
cry, as dynamite Of that character Is used
by the railroad contractors, whose tool
hous. is near the scene. The Toulouse
had bsen broken opcn and new battery
taken out An old battery was found
near by. Tho superstition is that the lat.
ter 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 they want him rs q witness. He has
money in his possession. and on Saturday
laes told friend that he was going TO tho
old country on Monday.