New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-11
CRFNATED AT Mt. OLIVET.
TIE SECOND INCINERATIoN-Do THE GASES fRo'
THE CHIMNEY PoiLUTE THE AIR 7

WIZ SECOND ISCINFRATIoN-Do THE GASES FROM
THE CHIMNEY PoLLUTE THE AIR
The second incarceration of a human body at the
Monnt Olivet CrematOry occurred yesterday after;
noon and was strictly private. Inc DOdy burned
was that of Martin NJ Go.dschmlGt, OF no. 800
East seventy-f0nrtl-st VINO dled IaSt HuhuaI
Theye were only about dozen persons admitted TO
the buiding. These were the immediate 1Iltlids an
relatives of the dead man. President Gown and
napv: DIR. NJ. L. Davis of the Lancaster Creina-
Tory John F. schiPer Drs w: t. s.s%h am
Francis WIckham; ihs last three rePi''e"'o' 'i''
The body arrived in hearse about o'clock. Two
carriages followed it. In these were MI Voi'-
scbmldt's sister and five male trends ne bOdy
,~os hrouoht in an ce-bOx, and WAS not III good
state of preservation. There Wee 40 ceremonies
and in few minutes after It's arrival was placed IN
sbo retort Mr.. Goldschmidt was large man.
NO; hing over 900 pounds. AS soon as ms hOdy
nd been nut in and the retort door closed dense
ij1ck smoke poured out of the chimney ana cohtIh-
"a to do so for nearly hall an hour. shBht leaks
IN fine furnace noticed. ana VIII he fe,ntuleu
nj once The Officers, physicians ann "iiS .I
nersons withdrew as quickly as possible ana tle
treTis were left to themselves. The ashes VIII he
taken ont this morning and sent 10 the fanny.
There was no crowd outside. Only a few persons
jinCareJ around the fence and they seemed to take
ouiv lauCnd interest in the atiair MI Schlper
s1id IN behalf of the Health Board:
We SHALL insist that in all cases OF contagious
d;seose the Cremation Company bdrn conn ava al
aithout taking the body out, ana also tnat the
leaks in the furnace be repaired at once. we a,G
NOT prepared 20 say whether the Vapors Wnlch
e.rane from the chimney are injurious or not. mat
will he discussed at our next meeting, winch VIII he
held in the first week in January"
This matter has already been lnye>tlgatcd by
other persons In the Fast year Professor Thomas
r. Baker. graduate of the heidelberg OhlNerslty'
COLLECTED thirty Jars of gases from the escape tlue
OF the Lancaster Crcmatory for analysis. and 10
ascertain he nature OF the products OF combustion
of sthe human body during incineratlon. Professor
BAKER has lust sent TO Ur. NJ J.. DAVIS OF the Ian
caster gTematOry the re ult OF these experiments.
He closes his letter a. follows:
q In conclusion would say that not any OF the
many tests either at the crematOriUm or at my
laboratory, of the products under constipation
inlcated the presence of anything that would pol
Into the air The burning of tho body produces no
material difference in the gases escaping from the
chimney The volume of the chimney products ana
NOT seem 70 he increased by the burning of the
BODY and the products had precisely the same odor
durngorcmatiOnthat they had before the BODY was
put into the retOrt.
Another body will be cTemated today. IL IS that
Of Martin Fox, whose body. it is said IS buried IN
the Lutheran Cemetery. The Incarceration will take
place at 2 D. m. and will he private 1t IL probable
that there will he cremation almost daily Tor
some time as it, is said there arc over hity bodies
now awaiting disposal i'll this way.