The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-19
ONE CREMATION WAS
HELD IN SALT LAKE
Ii Was the Second Body to Be
Cremated in the United
States.
FURNACE WAS ERECTED
NEAR SALT LAKE THEATER
Thirty-TwO Years Ago Is the
Date Late DR.. WinslOw Was
Incinerated.

Utahns who read the remarkable
printed in The Tribune Monday, IN
which the late Warren Foster directed
the disposition Of his body. cremation
being the first method suggested by
the deceased. do not know that in the
years ago that n crcmatory was erect
ed in Salt Lake City for the
prominent Salt Laker, who had SO or
dered the disposal of his body. This
former Salt Lakcr WAS Dr. Charles +.
Winslow, who died in Salt Lake City,
Saturday. July Z. 1877, lie had been
a resident of Salt Lake for six years,
coming here from California.
Wanted Heart Removed.
When tho will of Dr. Winslow was
opened. which was shortly after death.
he having SO personally directed that IL
be done 3 short while before the end
came, it WA found To be a remarkable
document. His birthplace was Nan.
tucket, Mas, and the VIII directed
that within forty.cigh1 hours after his
death had been established that his
heart be. r9noved and emhaImed and
then buried in the grave of his father
and mother who lay side by side in
the Newtos, Mass. buryiug ground,
and that hi.' body be cremated, accord
ing To the ancient Roman fashion, if
convenient; otherwise, in a retort, as it
was then ilSI) dono in Germany,
Samuel Woodward was named as ex-
ecutor TO G ,rry out tho provisions of
the Will TIE will was as follows:
Extract from VIII.
Second. ! .equest, order and command
that In the course Of eight and forty
hours after II is known positively and
clearly prcN'I that l am dead. that my
heart be rcu oVcd from my body by some
competent a, atonist and placed imncdl-
atcly IN .rong glass vessel having n
ground glasI stopper accura tely fitted TO
ihe same. aid that vessel to be immc-
datcly nlled for the purpose OF cmbalm-
ing my heart With a saturated solution
in hot watsy. OF muriate of ammonia
tSal ammoni icJ and the corrosive subli-
mate of mo curry, and with tho highest
proof 9lcohd this mixture TO consist of
equal parts of alcohol and the Satur-
atcd solutio. of sal ammoniac and corro-
siye sublim5ie, each OF the salts being
added TO thS boiling water until IL will
dissolve no more. The alcohol may be
added TO the solution while IL Is Yet hot
md the YES! q filed herewith, The ves
sci must be 'arefully stopped, and sealed
and the ste pper securely covered With
wet parchnT INT and tied. l order this
vessel, with It's contents thus prepared
and when I'D, 10 be put into q thick
oak 0lank lrN.. made OF the size to lust
10 be satur, ted with coal tar. This I
wish enclosed in plain pine case and
buried in the grave and over the remains
Of my dear and venerated mother in
the South or Newton burying ground
in the Island Of Nantucket, whore I was
born, My Ulster and excellent father.
to whom am indebted for my enlarged
= views Of ma tuTe. lie by her side. and
the same me und marks the resting place
Of both. anu a single stone records the
birth and death OF both. Thus may this
sacred spot DC known, where | wish my
own heart 70 rest forever.
After my Scart has been removed and
cu1balmed q. above directed / order that
my body he burned in the most conven-
lent manner that my executor, or friends
persons with whom ] may dwell at the
time Of my death. may be able 10 adopt,
j should feel satisfied if the method Of
my cremation as practiced by the ancient
Romans was adopted, but Il this be not
convenient or practicable, my body may
he burned t1 retort as Is now prac-
ticed IN such cases in Germany After
This process is completed ! desire and
order that all that may remain OF my
bones and ashes may be gathered up
and placed III a strong glass vessel sim
'lar 10 the ono before described. and that
this he treated in the same manner as
that which shall contain my heart. It
is my desire and command that this be
taken TO tho cemetery Of Mr.. Auburn
near Cambridge, Massachusetts, and be
placed in the same grave and upon the
same coffin which contains the precious
-cmains Of my great, dear and venerated
Then shall the dust return TO the earth
as il was. and the spirit shall return 10
the God who gave IL.
c lildren Objected.
Children of DIR. Winslow, who were
advised by telegraph of the death Of
their father and of the provisions of
the will-they resided in st. Louis-ob-
iccted IN strong terms against CARRYING
out its provisions and this resulted in
delay. until Tuesday. July 81. when the
body was cremated as directed.
The crematory furnace, which was
built by Morris & Evans. was erect
cd on the ffien vacant premises near
the rear Of the Salt Lake theater The
body. which had lain in the sexton S of
flee of the City cemetery for twenty.
four days. was brought To the crema.
tory at $50 o'clock in the afternoon.
Six pallbearers removcd1 it from the
hcarse- Meanwhile, the city authorities
had stretched a chain about the furnace
TO keep the people back. nearly all the
population having turned out to see the
cremation. Then several ladies placed
wreaths Of flowers and evergreens on
the casket. Services were then held, the
speakers being DR. Hamilton and DR..
Smart of Camp (Fort) Douglas.
Body Is Incinerated.
1T b:3O clock tue body was lifted
from the casllct, having been wrapped
in a simple shroud, and placed in the
furnace At S:25 o'clocll the incincra.
lion was complete. Three quarters of
an hour later the ashes of the late DR..
Winslow were gathered up. These
weighed four pounds. eleven ounces
and quarter. 1t was the first aud on
" cremation ever had in Utah, and was
the second in the United States up to
that time. The ashes enclosed in q
glass case and the heart. which had
been embalned and placed in another
receptacle, were then prepared for ship.
ment to their resting place in Massa-
chusetts. The expense OF the crema-
tion was $500.