New-York tribune., 1885-08-10
CREwt1ION ON LONG ISLAND.

xvopx ov THE BUtIpING STOPPED FOR IiME-
now A BODY WILL BE REDUCED TO ASHES.
Tho falling of the walls of the Mount Ohvet
(rematory has caused some embarrassment " ' ~
ing committee OF the United states 'fena'o' 20 %
In the severe gale of January IL the west van " w
crematory was blown over and carried oowh VI. %.
wal, in Its fall The committee have not 's YET "o'ei
.a ,, whom should fall the blame for this accident
and mil the responsibility is fixed upon TIE proper
,orso, n has not been deemed wise to 80 on Win '
work of restoration. rne danrge whieh the io"''"o
suffered from exposure after the lall OF thc ""' oO
nailed their removal and relaying. All 'iis HIS '
further delay. A.. .,s,r
Dr. John ID. Beugless, the president OF tho so0'.',
80 to a TR1pIyr reporter sketch of its plans ana OF
tbe metnods which it is INTENDED 10 einpo! io '"'
incneraton of bodies. The creiratory Is si'""o' '
nretty site between Mount Oliyei ara Lutheran 'e0
t,ss inst hack of the Fresh Pond Station o. the Long
Island Railroad and facing old Mount op'eta'c' io'
building is to have handsome marble iacahe' anu WI"
he two stories high The front portion whicn Is W 90
.uo,od with Offices and reception rooms, Is already
co,,ne,,i to point little above the first story ana
was not injured by fall OF the side walls III ho ei
A funeral party on arriving at thc creai"'oi' WI" f
tbrou,h this part of the building and enter 'e rear
chapel This is large hall with stationary ea'aiaique
IN the middle Here the colin will be deposited ana
rs, win n nail While the final funeral rites are In
,rogre.s the coffin will noiseessy lowered into the
h,sement where are the appliances for nclheratoh'
No one hears the creakng OF machnery no one sees the
bodv descend; no except those familiar WITH 'ne
proceedngs knows that 1t has disappeared
The process to 90 employed s the one known as dry
d,s,Ilaon No fire brought into direct contact with
tho sh but the body subjected to intense heat which
all that is susceptible OF being turned INTO gas
and leaves only the mineral resduam. ihc APPARATUS
consists OF furnace and q reoft OF hre ciay' LUG
body Ia first wrapped In linen CLOTH soakea III au W
preyeut the intense OF the fire from beghning us
ff a q
closel The cloth consumed With the body bat leaves
only a tabespoonful OF ashes. Thus enveloped, tho
hody Is placed on sospstone bed, moving on wheelS
fire clay and whole is pushed into the retoft IN
ia heated to between $500 and 3ooO degrees
until tue clay OF the retort assumes creamy "hte
color Every precaution is taken against Inc injection
f the about the crematory by the escaping
80 These are conveyed from the retort into the fur
o a,s ren,ain there until thoroughly purged by the
fire from all impurities They are then @iowod 10
Thr time required for reduction OF human body to
ashes by tbs process depends OF course earey upon the
are allo we'd every 100 pounds An ordinary body
would thus be cremaed IN about three,qnarters 9f sn
ashes are collected ard placed In an urn II cremation
ever becomes .e n by n Of
fire II is estimated that there are aeout three pounds
Hnnes in the human frame these figures vary. how
with the physical build OF the subject Ins bones %
therefore leave IN proportion to their weight
than thin and b0ny persons -, - N, :.
The c,st of such funeral Dr. Bcugess saws. Will be
about one-tbird OF tho cost OF ordinary burial 10 the
hasemrn of the crematory there will be workshop Tor
The These urns VIII not be expen-
sive Peorle however, who desire to show their re-
sneet for the by expensive funeral can lay out
large sun Of money the details OF the crrmntory
nro, aud Elaborate urns of b'aufnl work
manship and ar isc design will he furnished for those
who desire them Those who are unwilling that the
ashea of the linen cloth should minee with the ashes of
their dead can, q greater expense. nave the BODY
r,pped in asbestos CLOTH the custom among the
creeks and Romans In the OF the anccnts, how
aver there good for this, as the bodies were
a,d directly the fire Of the funeral Iyre and with
our an unufsmniabe envelope. the ashes OF the dead
and the OF the fuel would have been indscrin
nately mixed. -, -. III, - o. .
the reception and preservation OF the urns They VIII
be around the walls, with tablet bear
ing the eptaph the deceased person below each urn
In time build large and separate building
beside the crcnaiory n c0iu Dbariun.
DIR eugless has high hopes 70 the snccess OF the Gre
nation COMPANY. The idea OF cremation he says. Is
coming 10 less aud less an which excitcs horror
and repson and Is being adually recognized that
this dispOsng OF the dead has substantial ad-
yaut,ees over the s0-called Christian burial. DIR.
Beuyess that he Is constantly In receipt OF letters
fror persons desire TO know how they can assure
thenseyas life that after death their bodies Will not
b left to earth account OF the pejuces
of friends Notwithstanding the recent damage Is
hoped that the crematory will soon be In condition
which will warrant the company in sgoDg On with the
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