CREMATING BY ELECTRICITY.
A movement h»« been safe on foot In Italy towards ereotina; m one of tha principal towns an electrical crematorium, I» this edifice the corpus will be instantly consumed by means o? an intense heat caused by electricity. Various European, orcmation societies are reported to hay» despatched representatives to Italy to make inquirte as to the feasibility of th* eoheine, which it is expected will, it successful, very Boon repboe the more elaborate mt thoda now adopted. Pattt* cans of oremnttoD are sanguine that the introduction of electricity would iuatantly remove the oljeotiona held by many European States against the burning of '■odiee. Dogs have already been aabjvc^ed to the prqcoßs by itß inventor with a considerable decree of suoaeaj. Their bodies forthwith evaporated into uothingness, and there was percepHble none of that disagreeable odor of burning flaßh Vrhioh inhabitants of Woking are eaid no greatly to reaont.— Aiistralasian and South American.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1479, 10 February 1887, Page 2
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155CREMATING BY ELECTRICITY. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1479, 10 February 1887, Page 2
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