Cremation in New York.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1630, 9 February 1886, Page 2

Cremation m New York.

h Thetlojnjr- talked -joforematpry on-Lon*r Island h£s at last Weri? opened; isjnow io. , successful operation, and the company 'are^gradiially < burning up 'the 1 dead' bodies which have .accumulated- during 1 the past six months, m expectation 6f •such facilities being /The ere? hia'fory is very simple m its construction ; ; simplv aj double, retort, with an elaborate system of appliances for 'regulating the draught.: The temperature m the' iriner .retortiis jbrbus(ht up to 2500 degreesy arid' jbhe.proc^S' takes .ißeveral i hours; iThe jbpdy,c.oyel:ed with linen soaked m alum,! is placM in ja .sort of ieradle, .in , full^view, of the.lnourners^., JThe. door, of the retorf, is'tlien^penedj'asudd'en glimpise is given of giowipff white fiamW; 'tke alternants' hastily slide' the' cradle into its plac'ev arid slam the door and' all is bvVr. 'Taken ; faltogcther, the crematory is a great sucpess^and Mr Winans has already started a company, to, erect another ;. on, Staten. Island.. | The i ashes, after being cooled •arid bleached. arejremiUedjby express. to, the 1 ib.ereaved family, 4 ' e'ncloseH 'in^an* earthenware jar, bi^t ( tbe, company .are getting iip designs.'forimoWCeostty urns, • and, when desired, will ; sjore .the.mpn niches f6r a small annual fee. Some of ' r the, ministers have already begun to 'preach against cremation"* as unchristian and an ajct of disresp^c^^^ tfie'^e'ajij^u} the kind of peoplo aie mendbera 'ot. the Gremation SocieWcare very little for sermons; .rUMl'l : /. I -'/(-)} V .i'l