The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-12-15
REMATI0N
A sevenfold Heated Furnace Preparations
for tho C~eremony-Col, Henry S. olcott to
the Front,

A sevenfold Heated Furnace Preparations
for tho C~eremony-Col. Henry S. olcott to
the Front,
The remains Of Baron De Palm ar
rived at Washington, Pennsylvania, on
Tuesday At noon, in charge of Colonel
Henry s. Olcolt and II. }. Newton, execu-
tors Of the b,ron's will. They were accom-
panied by A. Brockhurst, undertaken, Of
Roosevelt hospital, New York, under whose
supervision the body wa embalmed last
May; Madame Blavattsky, Mrs. Newton
Mordecai and other members of the Theo-
sophicil society.
ARRIVAL OF THE TRAIN.
AS soon as the train arrived the box con-
tanning the remains, which were yet in
cased in the rosewood Casktt in which
they we're eptombei in Williamsburg, was
placed on the hearse a1d removed to the
reception room Of the crematOry erected
by DIR. Lemoine in the outskirts of the
town, preparatory to being. placed in the
furnace Wednesday.
THE TOWN QUIET.
The arrival of the body did not cause
much excitement nor attract extraordinary
dslOuIlOu nun bhC BtOP y u thS bioNSs bVt
more than a score or two persons being
present when the body was transported to
the hearse. The population Of the town
was probably not increased one hundred
by the event, but nearly everybody tIlks
about the subject. as it was generally I'M
derstood thai rone but invited guests would
lie admitted to the building in which the
burning was TO take place. no crowd was
there.
THE REMAINS.
Mr.. Brockhurst, starter of the Theo-
sophical society, opened the coffin Tuesday
afternoon, and arranged the body for the
view of invited persons in the reception
room. The feature, were somewhat life
like, and in a good state of preservation,
no offensive odor being noticeable. The
principal change from their appearance
when first placed in the coffin nearly six
months ago, was the color of the hair from
grey to snuff color, and the skin to a half
mummylike condition.
Mr.. Brockhurst attributes the good pre-.
servation to lie preservative of carbolic acid
powder, used in embalming. The body
was taken out of the coffin and wrapped in
a winding sheet, and placed in the iron
frame prepared for the purpose, at two
o'clock in the afternoon.
START G THE FIRE.
james Swap, who had charge Of the Gre
mating process. started the fire in the fur.
mace, and at nine o'clock it was re1-hOt.
The crema,ory is on the general plan Of
VakIn's furnace, the fire ct the bottom and
the oven over it. The latter contains 6
fire-clay retort to receive the remains. The
body was entirely denuded and placed or
an iron framework like an immense grid
iron, which supported il while burning
while the consumed portions dropped
through the bars to the bottom of the re
tort, and there were reduced to ashes. Tn,
gases aud effuvia had a space of sixteer
feet to pass through of intense heat befor,
they reached the chimney flue, and conse
quently are consumed before they can es
cape.
The furnace reached a heat of twelv
hundred or fifteen hundred degrees b,
means of the ordinary draft. Near b.
stands a small apparatus for supplying
blast. This was used after the body ha
been placed in the crenatory. The re
mains were subjected to a he4t of abou
1000 degrees Fahrenheit, for about fv
hours. The draft was then shut off an
the fires deadened, and the oven left t
cool gradually. Col. Olcctt has brough
with him on old Hindoo cremation vase
procured for Baron De Palms ashes.
THE VISITORS.
The following are among the more PFC
minent persons, in addition to those a
ready mentioned, to witness the crematio
ceremony DR.. OttersoH, representing tn
Brooklyn board Of health; DR.. Zinc. healt
officer of Queens county, N. Y; N. X
Wade and Byron A. Baldwin of Pittsburgh