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  if 
  by 
  explosion, 
  and 
  tearing 
  up 
  the 
  floors 
  of 
  some 
  whose 
  walls 
  were 
  

   left 
  standing 
  ; 
  and 
  not 
  unfrequently, 
  it 
  lifted 
  frame 
  buildings 
  entire 
  

   from 
  their 
  foundation. 
  

  

  It 
  carried 
  the 
  joists 
  and 
  rafters 
  in 
  some 
  instances 
  to 
  a 
  considerable 
  

   height 
  and 
  threw 
  them 
  down 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  its 
  path, 
  four 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  yards 
  from 
  the 
  house 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  taken, 
  almost 
  at 
  

   right 
  angles 
  to 
  its 
  course, 
  and 
  exactly 
  opposite 
  to 
  the 
  course 
  which 
  the 
  

   wind 
  must 
  have 
  blown 
  at 
  the 
  ground 
  in 
  the 
  yard, 
  as 
  manifested 
  by 
  the 
  

   direction 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  trees 
  were 
  lying. 
  

  

  It 
  carried 
  up 
  shingles, 
  boards, 
  hats, 
  books, 
  and 
  branches 
  and 
  leaves 
  

   of 
  trees, 
  and 
  threw 
  them 
  down 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  spout 
  in 
  a 
  

   band 
  of 
  several 
  miles 
  wide, 
  terminating 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  east 
  end 
  of 
  Staten 
  

   Island 
  and 
  fifteen 
  miles 
  from 
  Amboy, 
  where 
  the 
  spout 
  ceased 
  to 
  reach 
  

   the 
  earth, 
  and 
  twenty-five 
  miles 
  from 
  New 
  Brunswick. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  time 
  when 
  these 
  materials 
  fell, 
  there 
  fell 
  with 
  them 
  a 
  vio- 
  

   lent 
  shower 
  of 
  hail 
  and 
  rain, 
  the 
  hail 
  however 
  being 
  confined 
  to 
  a 
  few 
  

   miles 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  band 
  where 
  the 
  heaviest 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  shingles 
  

   and 
  boards 
  fell. 
  

  

  On 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  this 
  band, 
  particularly 
  on 
  the 
  north, 
  there 
  fell 
  a 
  

   copious 
  shower 
  of 
  rain, 
  mingled 
  with 
  shingles 
  ; 
  and 
  even 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   borders 
  of 
  the 
  rain, 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  east, 
  small 
  branches 
  and 
  leaves 
  of 
  trees 
  

   fell 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  Bay, 
  and 
  in 
  North 
  River 
  opposite 
  to 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  New 
  

   York. 
  

  

  There 
  was 
  no 
  rain 
  nor 
  hail 
  on 
  the 
  path 
  of 
  the 
  spout, 
  nor 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  

   side 
  of 
  it; 
  it 
  began 
  about 
  a 
  mile 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side, 
  increasing 
  in 
  quan- 
  

   tity 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  band 
  where 
  the 
  hail 
  was,' 
  and 
  then 
  gradually 
  

   diminishing 
  again 
  as 
  it 
  approached 
  the 
  northern 
  and 
  eastern 
  boundary. 
  

  

  The 
  spout 
  lasted 
  only 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  seconds 
  in 
  a 
  place, 
  and 
  was 
  immedi- 
  

   ately 
  before 
  and 
  after 
  nearly 
  calm, 
  and 
  its 
  effects 
  were 
  hardly 
  felt 
  a 
  few 
  

   hundred 
  yards 
  off 
  to 
  either 
  side. 
  The 
  noise 
  which 
  accompanied 
  it 
  

   was 
  every 
  where 
  described 
  as 
  very 
  alarming, 
  not 
  like 
  any 
  thing 
  heard 
  

   before, 
  more 
  like 
  the 
  rumbling 
  of 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  carriages 
  than 
  any 
  

   thing 
  else, 
  or, 
  as 
  one 
  man 
  expressed 
  himself, 
  like 
  an 
  earthquake 
  in 
  the 
  air. 
  

   In 
  Staten 
  Island, 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  time 
  this 
  noise 
  was 
  heard 
  previous 
  

   to 
  the 
  commencement 
  of 
  the 
  hail 
  and 
  rain, 
  the 
  evidence 
  varies 
  from 
  

  

  