﻿THE 
  BRUNSWICK 
  SPOUT 
  OF 
  JUNE 
  19, 
  1835. 
  423 
  

  

  fifteen 
  minutes 
  to 
  an 
  hour, 
  and 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  time 
  the 
  shower 
  

   was 
  falling, 
  it 
  varies 
  from 
  eight 
  minutes 
  to 
  thirty 
  or 
  forty. 
  

  

  Though 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  rain 
  in 
  the 
  path 
  of 
  the 
  spout, 
  the 
  cloud 
  or 
  

   mist 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  composed 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  very 
  humid, 
  as 
  the 
  

   grave 
  stones 
  at 
  Piscataway 
  were 
  covered 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  with 
  a 
  coat 
  

   of 
  mud, 
  and 
  in 
  many 
  places 
  the 
  grass 
  and 
  leaves 
  which 
  lodged 
  in 
  

   masses 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  trees 
  which 
  were 
  left 
  standing 
  were 
  clotted 
  

   together 
  with 
  mud, 
  as 
  if 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  drifted 
  there 
  by 
  an 
  inundation, 
  

   and 
  several 
  persons 
  that 
  were 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  spout 
  were 
  entirely 
  covered 
  

   with 
  mud, 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  known 
  by 
  their 
  friends. 
  There 
  

   were 
  some 
  lightning 
  and 
  thunder 
  attending 
  the 
  meteor, 
  but 
  not 
  much 
  

   unless 
  the 
  continual 
  rumbling 
  or 
  roar 
  was 
  produced 
  by 
  it, 
  which 
  is 
  

   not 
  very 
  likely, 
  as 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  who 
  heard 
  the 
  rumbling 
  did 
  not 
  even 
  

   see 
  lightning. 
  ■' 
  

  

  The 
  wind, 
  probably 
  in 
  the 
  whole 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  spout, 
  certainly 
  in 
  

   many 
  places, 
  began 
  to 
  blow 
  on 
  the 
  northern 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  spout 
  from 
  the 
  

   N. 
  E., 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  southern 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  spout 
  from 
  the 
  S. 
  E. 
  ; 
  for 
  

   materials 
  were 
  found 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  moved 
  in 
  that 
  direction 
  first, 
  

   and 
  afterwards 
  carried 
  back 
  even 
  beyond 
  their 
  original 
  position 
  by 
  the 
  

   hinder 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  spout, 
  which 
  appears 
  in 
  all 
  cases 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  

   strongest. 
  As 
  a 
  proof 
  of 
  this, 
  several 
  places 
  were 
  found 
  where 
  the 
  weak 
  

   and 
  rotten 
  trees 
  were 
  thrown 
  down 
  by 
  the 
  van 
  of 
  the 
  spout, 
  with 
  the 
  

   tops 
  of 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  northern 
  side 
  towards 
  the 
  S. 
  W., 
  and 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  

   those 
  on 
  the 
  southern 
  side 
  towards 
  the 
  N. 
  W. 
  ; 
  while 
  the 
  stronger 
  

   trees 
  which 
  resisted 
  the 
  first 
  shock 
  were 
  afterwards 
  prostrated 
  by 
  the 
  

   rear 
  of 
  the 
  spout. 
  And 
  in 
  every 
  case 
  where 
  trees 
  were 
  found 
  lying 
  

   across 
  each 
  other, 
  which 
  to 
  a 
  careless 
  observer 
  might 
  have 
  indicated 
  a 
  

   whirlwind 
  of 
  confusion, 
  the 
  most 
  perfect 
  regularity 
  was 
  manifested 
  ; 
  

   the 
  strongest 
  trees 
  lying 
  on 
  top, 
  and 
  with 
  their 
  tops 
  pointing 
  inwards 
  

   and 
  forwards, 
  as 
  mentioned 
  before. 
  

  

  Besides, 
  four 
  different 
  places 
  were 
  found 
  where 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  

   trees 
  in 
  a 
  circular 
  space, 
  equal 
  in 
  diameter 
  to 
  the 
  breadth 
  of 
  the 
  spout, 
  

   were 
  thrown 
  inwards 
  towards 
  one 
  common 
  centre. 
  In 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  

   one 
  of 
  these 
  stood 
  a 
  large 
  frame 
  house, 
  which 
  had 
  its 
  roof 
  carried 
  off. 
  

   The 
  walls 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  story, 
  both 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  south 
  side, 
  were 
  

   cracked; 
  and 
  in 
  one 
  crack 
  was 
  thrust 
  a 
  lady's 
  pocket 
  handkerchief, 
  and 
  

   vol. 
  v. 
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