Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-11-03
BLOWN UP BY DYNAMITE.
Unknown Dastards Cansc Throe Deaths
In Pennsylvnnin--Many Hurt.


In Pennsylvnnin-ManyH Hurt.
WrLKEsBARRE, Pa, Oct. ga das-
tardly outrage was perpetrated at 5
o'clock Sunday morning wherein 1t
was premeditated by the scoundrels to
sacrifice fifty or sixty lives by sending
them into eternity with force of
dynamite. The motive was undoubt-
edly robbery, and it resulted in the
death of three Hungarians, while
large number were injured, eight OF
whom are in serious condition.
The dead are Frank Novako, Mike
Calletz and George Silatslsi. Celletz
leaves wife and four children in Hum
gary, and Silatski q wife and two chill
dren in Bohemia. Novako was SINGLE
Mcdonald & Sayre, railroad con-
tractors, are building second track
of miles on the Lehigh Valley cut
off at point mile from Fairview in
the wilds of WillSesbarre mountain.
A Hungarian camp was located which
was presided over by Mike Urklowitz
and wife. The camp consisted ofa rough
building 80 feet square constructed in
the midst OF thicket of scrub oaks
beside the track. During the night, as
is always the custom, three of the sixty
Hungarian boarders, men and women,
sat UP on watch and were Willing
away the time playing cards.
Some time during che night a party
of desperadoes secured battery and
brought it to the railroad track in
front oe the camp and connected it
with a wire, completing a circuit to
each corner of the camping bouse. A
tool chest near by was broken open.
from which were taken number of dy-
Mantle sticks, which were distributed
beneath the building. The circuit
completed, it was but moments woi k
to turn on the battery setting off the
dynamite. However, in the haste with
which the miscreants worked they
made faulty connection at the bat
terry, and when 1t was turned on but
one and certainly not more than two
of the dynamite sticks exploded.
Frank Novako, who was one of the
party playing cards on the first floor
was instantly killed, both legs being
blown off at the knee. The building
totally collapsed and was shivered into
slivers, excepting one-half of the roof
which sank in, partially covering the
debris. The two other men at the
card table were scarcely injured
at all, while the others killed
and injured met their fate from
the collapse of the building. Occur
ring as it did before daybreall, the
condition of the unfortunate foreign
ers was deplorable and in their fren-
sled condition they knew not which
way to turn or how to act. The force
of the explosion was so great that the
earth was torn up about the site of the
camp, and their effects in the way of
baggage, cooking utensils, etc. were
scattered in every direction.
The boarding boss says he is at a
loss as to what prompted the deed. So
far as he knows, he has no enemies in
the world. Some of the boarders
think the motive was robbery, as sew
eral of them were known to have con-
sidera BILE money in their possession.
If this was the object, it is plain why
the villains placed so much of the ex-
plosive under the building. They
wanted to kill every person in the
place in order to get the plunder and
then escape detection.
One OF the wounded men says that
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 rified his
pockets. He also cut the belt which
encircled his waist and carried i,
| away.