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roll or deep roar of thunder, like that of a heavy 

 unremitted cannonade, the sound of which is 

 greatly modified and obscured by the noise of 

 the raging wind, crashing of buildings, falling 

 timber, &c. 



The whirlwind which destroyed a large por- 

 tion of New Brunswick, in the state of New 

 Jersey, on the 19th of June, 1835, presented 

 many of the above phenomena. Those who 

 witnessed its commencement, observed the for- 

 mation of several inverted cones of dense black 

 vapour, which descended from the upper regions. 

 Dr. Lewis Beck describes one of these " as re- 

 sembling in appearance the eruption of a volcano, 

 which produced the impression, at a distance, that 

 some large building had been set on fire by light- 

 ning, a vivid flash or two of which had preceded 

 the formation of the cones. But in a few minutes 

 the dense column was dissipated, when another 

 black and well defined cone was formed, which 

 remained stationary for a short time, and then 

 gave place to the eruptory appearance and gy- 

 ratory movement that characterized the other. 

 The first occurred about three miles west of New 

 Brunswick. But when the second movement 

 commenced, a dense black cloud overshadowed 

 the city. Slight, but distinct explosions were 

 heard from the column in rapid succession, like 

 the bluffing of sails. Volumes of smoke and 

 flame were thought to be issuing forth, and 



