, 1876-10-14
regard In Now York In connection With liquor
Of the matter WINS postpontl until Tuesday.
CREMATION.
Tic Body of an Irish Inborcr Consumed At
WnatlnEtnn. pn.

Tho Body Of an Irish I.nborcr Consumed At
Warrington, ph.
Carrespondtacs F7.abRrg Ettnind leader.
WASHINGTON, Pa, Oct. G.-This usually quiet
and somewhat obscure place was yesterday tile
sccne Of unusual activity and great excitement,
occastoned by tho announcement tho day pre-.
vlous that tho first public cremation Of human
body In tho United States would take place at
tho new cremation furnace upon the day Follow
ing.
Tho news must tago spread oycr vast
amount Of territory In QUO day, for rs carly rs
o'clock ycstertiay morning tho crowd camo
pnuring in. At 0 o'clock o. tn.. four stages,
three carriages, and sixty men on horseback Mt
pe1isy. Tia wsyynsstar pafsy haVag g stafted
tho evening previous ant travelcd all nigh. ID
order 10 witness this, tho grentest event uf tho
century, The train on tho HcmpGcll Raiirond
%a %esiing up est M '! assander ' a. and i clnys aS
willie, ~ht1c tue tran from PIttabtrg
took OIL board oxcurs!ol, partcs, numbering
about 900. at Mansfield, cannonshurg, and
et' sa" ar2asa 2Ssa from wsse,~ efx sng sos sss's
cisely4 O'Clock. BY TINT time It Is estimated
TINT not less then 70 ooo strangers were In town,
w. perfectly bcwildcrlng: Everybody was
scratnbln1 for good position In order TO got
giilnpso Of tho body while being creulatcd. Now
II was simply impossible for such large con.
gegahoa 10y 70 Est ys ;dr tS bpHn ~ mud
tic snrging crowd, who wcro alf intent upon tho
sole purpose Of seeing. Only few Of tile most
Intimate friends Of tile proprietor OF the furnace
were permitted tp cutter tho building, your cor
l'ho body whfcli' hui Tho honor Of being the
FIRST crcmatcd In tho United States vas That OF
an Irish laborcr., wiso assisted n building the
furnace, and met will, his death while id tho
performance ot his duties. Il appears that ho
was engaged In lnying tho stone stcps lealing
up TO tho furnace, and While raising heavy
stonc accidentally stepped upon the point Of al
old rusty ecythe, which caused painful wound
Tuesday evening last. before Breathing Ills
last lc requested that his body bc crcmated IN
tho furnace he assisted In building. As l,e had
no relatives ia this country, bis request WINS
is now securely scaled in beautiful urn where
ali persons who 10 desire can see. The method
of cremation was AZ follows: At precisely, 4
O'Clock the body arrived at tho furnace in tho
of litter constructed for tho OCCASION. It was
made Of platn black-walnut, trimmed with satin,
and by this means the useless cottin was dis
penscd with. The body was placed In tho fur
naco md tho fumes turned upon Il at ten min,
what was onco body was then about SIX quarts
Of white ashes, Which were Immediately placed
In beautiful urn constructed especially Tor tho
occasion. It bears tho following inscrlptton:
" This ,irn contains the astIcs from tho re-
mains OF Thomas Collins. who was cremntcd at
Washington, Pm, Oct. S, 1876 He was uatiye
Of Ireland, OF the County Cork, md near tho
Pesse Pes 10 Of e es,lsy ssyy Sa'tl'' Died os' lSo
After tho cremation tho grcat multitude Of
people disporscd for their respective homes,
many, however, remaining until this morning 10
View the furnace, which cxcites Il greater inter
nStn H<f{ f(t6r1 ntH1rs sfo1