Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-06-19
THE CReMATORIuM AT MILAN.
A Description OF the Method of Incincr-
alton Employed There.


The crsmatoIium stan l. ut the far end of
tine grounds, :. building not large nor high,
but. with lis creScent-shapei open atrium Of
White marble, sufficiently handsome and i'm.
posing. Ga the fr!ez. is this inscriptions:
Tempo Cremat"rio per volonta dsl Alberto
Keller eretto donate ala citta iii Milauu
On the wall facing the entrance Is "A hand.
some medallion of Albert Keller, who was
duly cramatei in the temple of his own pro-
viding. Many portions of the wall are
marked off IN small tablets Inscribed
with the names of the persons whose
bodies have uniersone cremation and
whose ashes, in many cases, repose in
an urn or small YES sci IN a niche behind the
tablet. Ashes they are not, properly speak
M. | was shown about couple Il nanI-
fulS Of white bieachcd bone, in bits not
larger than ones iinger-al that remained
a | learned. after the cremation Of the body
Of a man some ten stone in weight. Other
spaces have been appropriated 10y intending
cremators, AMI have the word "Assegnato'
inscribed on them
Through small door you pass from the
atrium into what | may describe as the op-
erating-ryom, in the middle of which stands
The enclosel furnace. looking much ike an
enlarged edition of the family laundry cop
per. The fire IS kindlei at the back Of tho
furnace and when at the proper mo
nent released from the uplifting of
iron shutters. comes roaring through
two large orifices, and quickly ills the
whole If the space where lies the
prey. The body-il caiavero, a. the attend
ant called il. seeming to take great delight
in repeating the HJr,is-dre sseI in light
linen or wooden STROUD, or other costume, !.
taken from the she'll in which II has L.en
brought, and laid marble slab thence
transferred to large iron tray which Is
borne to the mouth of the furnace and laid
on a frame, which by the action of a winch
Is wound into the interior with its burden.
The iron door is then closed, the shutters. a
described above, are raised, and the furnace
10 use an American expression, is literally
in full blast At tie end of two hours the
operation is complete, and all that there re-
mains Of what was oncs a man, full Of
blood, bones, marrow. passion, feeling" are
Two handfuls nf white inst shu. IA an urn
II brass
The system at present ia Use l. tn at OF
Paolo Gorini; il takes. a, | have said. two
hours and the consumption of 30 kilo-
grammeS Of wood and twenty five kilo-
granllncS OF charcoal Inc cost 81 everything,
including the mural tablet, Is "a francs
4 new method known as the Systeme Ven
ia under which the incineration will be
effected by gas. was then Immediately
about 10 he tried-I saw the furnace lust
completei-ani : no doubt now IN
operation, Under this system the whole |
affair WI be completed in fifty minutes
In this place. which was perfectly sweet, |
clean, and wholesome, without the faintest |
trace Of anything calculated 70 offend the |
sense Of sight or smell. there are about |
eighteen or twenty cases OF cremation |
every month. They are, the attendant told |
me, decidedly on the increase. and were the
cholera scare again 10 appear. he had no
doubt, from What DO had heard that tie
practice would hsvc large number Of ad- |
horents Already bodies for cremation |
are seat from different pIrts II Italy and /
on the next day ono was expected from
Paris And. inieei when thought If all |
the horrors of our orinary ~huryingS.' ! |
could Mt wonder at the desire t. lie quit o. |
them, 40 mater IT what amount Il trouble
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