The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-04-19
crsmArlNo rHt DEAD.


OSSWA uuN0 t0o O9AOs
Whist Hss Been Dsns n This Dlrsssiss
Since the H1rst Iaeinerae1ou. :.
The first cremation Of q human body.
effected In . closed receptacle, with
the object Of carrying OF or destroying
offensive products With the exception
Of the Dresden example (when tho
body Of an English lady was cremated
in Siemens apparatus). took place In
Milan, in January, 1870. and was fol.
lowed by another in April the agent
adopted being gas. The next occur-
ing there. In March. 1887. was accom-.
plished in like manner. but BY employ
Ing ordinary fuel It was in Milan.
also. in September following that the
first cremation was performed BY the
improved furnace Of Gorini. In the
preceding year. 1876. the Cremation
Society of Milan had been established.
under the presidency Of DR. Pini and
It soon became popular and influen.
tial During that year a handsome
building was erected with the view OF
using gas a. the agent; but IL
was subsequently enlarged-nsmely.
In 1880-.to make room for Gorini
furnace These were soon in opera
tion, and since that date many bodies
have been burned overv year. the num-
ber up to the 31st Of December. 1886.
being 463. Similar buildings on .
smaller scale have been constructed
and largely employed elsewhere-for
example. at Lodi, Cremona, Brescia
PaduA Varese. and more latoly at
Rome, in the Campo varano cemetery.
This was first used in April. 1885, since
whicn date 1923 cremations have been
performed up to the 81st Of December.
1886. The number of all crsmations
occurring in ether towns. including
Milan and Rome. up to the same date
Is 2o2. making 7S7 for Italy alone. In
Germany the only place at which the
practice has been regularly followed
Is Gotha. A building was constructed
here, under permission of the govern-
ment the first cremation taking place
In January, 1879. 1t has been largely
employed since, the number of crema-
tions amounting to 473 up to the 31st
of October. 1887. Cremation societies.
some of them with numerous mem-
bers and displaying much activity,
have been recently established In
other countries; in Denmark (whero
the first cremation in Gorini appara-
tus took place in 1856, in Belgium.
Switzerland, Holland, Sweden and
Norway. and in various parts Of the
United States, where also cremation
has been employed few times. In
Australia Hon. j. NJ. Creed. q we'll
known physician in Sydney has
warmly advocated tho practice, which
has numerous supporters there. He
moved the second reading of hill to
establish and regulate cremation in
the House of Assembly. June, 1885. In
an able speech pointing out tho dan.
gerous proximity Of neighboring GENE.
tcries to their rapidly developing city,
referring TO u we'll thus poisoned which
had caused an outbreak of typhoid,
and citing similar facts arising under
like conditions in the suburbs of New
York and other American cities. The
act was approved by tho Legislative
council, but failed 10 pass tho
House of Assembly. In Paris.
projects for performing cremation
have for some ti,no beenl discussed,
and crematory # considerable
size has Mt length been constructed
under tho direction of tho municipal
council. It is situated at Pere-.a-
Chaisc. and. although unfinished,
was successfully employed OH the 22I
of October last for the bodies of two
men who died by smallpox.
The Woking crematory was used
for tho first timo ON the 20th of March,
1885, two other cremations following
in the course of tho year. Daring 1885,
10 bodies were burncd-5 male and {
fcmale--one of them that of a Brah'
min. Daring 1887. up to the 3Oth o.
November, 10 more bodies have been
burned, only l being that of fe'
male. The complete incineration ID
accomplished without escape Of smoke
or other offensive product and with
extreme ease aud rapidity. Tic
ashes. which weigh about 8 pounds
are placed at the disposal OF iii,
friends, and are removed. Or. II de
sired. they may be restored to til,
soil. being now perfectly inocuous. Il
that mode of dealing with them 4
preferred. Sir Henry Thomson, il
Nl'eteenth Centary.