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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9th, 1897.
Reduced to Ashes.
The Process of 'Cremation Used
in Boston.
The Late Air. Alalson's Body
Taken There.
Thp mortal remains of the late J. H.
R. Molson were resolved to their ori-
ginal elements by the agency oil fire at
the crematory of the Massachusetts
Cremation Society at Forest Hill, West
Roxbury, it suburb of Boston city, at
noon on Tuesday.
The remains arrived from Montreal
shortly after eight o'clock, acconipa.n-
ied b some of the relatives of the de-
e$,ase.
In the party were: Mrs. Molson,
widow of deceased; Miss Hill, H. Arch-
ibald, E. S. Archibald, T. W. Molson
-and H. Markland Molson. On arrival
the case enclosing the, casket and re-
mains was entrusted to the cure of
Lewis Jones & Son, undertakers of La
Grange street.
Mrs. Molson and friends proceeded
to the hotel Brunswick and at eleven
o'clock re-aassemhled at the Union sta-
tion, and the casket havingbeen trans-
ferred to it hearse the cortege set out
r the cemetery. This is situated in a
Yely spot, some ten miles front the
tre of the city in a rolling, natural -
y wooded country, where are situated
a number of peaceful, well -kept ceme-
teries. The crematory itself occupies
it pretty rustic property in a wealth of
• forest trees and wild flowers, and with
An idea of care and refinement convey-
ed by the triol drives leading up to the
quiet yet ornate little structure and
the well -kept lawn and fragrant
flowering shrubs just now in full
bloom surrouIiding it,
Its agent is. Dr. E. ff. Brigham, I9'
Boyleston place, Boston. The build-
ing consists of a crematory proper And
it chapel in the walls of which :are
niches for the permanent reception of
urns containing the ashes of those who
have been crernated. Both buildings
are constructed of filsite and covered
with a roof of red slate. The walls
of the cllapel have been carried
up to the first band of litne-
stone. The structure containing
the retorts have been in use for three
years. The retorts are heated and the
bodies incinerated by sprays of atom-
ized petroleum, according to a method
owned by they Ames Oil Burner Com-
pany of North Easton, Mass.
. By this means is obtained a tempera-
ture of 2,:J0 to 300 degrees Fahren-
heit, only half of which, lowever•; is
heeded.
The two retorts are built of red hri::k
lined with fire brick. They are strong-
ly bound with iron to resist both end
and side thrust. The retorts are pro,
vided with underflues to prevent soak-
ing. Each retort has its own chimney
united in one stack and also has three
No. 2 Ames oil burners to furnish its
heat and one such burner in the stack
togive draft. secondary combustion
oil turners are operatod by an 8 horse
power boiler, a 0 horse power engine,
a fan blower, an oil pump and column.
A tank, capable of holding 1400 gallons
of oil, is buried in the ground.
The roof consists of three courses of
' firebrick on edge, having a total thick,
ness of 14 inches, above which is placed
abed of sand. The floor of the re-
tort is made of 4 inch thiel: flre tiles,
I.pnted with a special cement. In the
sidoies of the retorts the burners deliver
their flames, which, after striking the
opposite wall, are deflected down-
wards, doing the work of combustion
and distillation. The gaseous pro-
ducts pass out through live small
flues into a large flue below and thence
. to the stack. he retorts have double
doors. The under door is of fire tiles
five inches thick, hooped with iron and
pended by a wire rope, which passes
. .r pulleys to a counter -weight.
- his rope serves as a means of raising
a id lowering the doors. The outer
cors are of wrought iron and are hung
upon hinges. Lath of the retorts is 8
, feet, 6 inches long and 3 feet wide; 30
inches high to the spring of the arch
' and 86 int ee to the crown of the arch.
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�- , The side walls are 9 inches thick, of
,
fire brick, 2 inches airspace, 21-2 inches
;,�... f fire brick, and 8 inches of red brick.
I,; . The end wall contains in thickness 12
inches of firebrick, 3 inches air space
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