﻿THE 
  BRUNSWICK 
  SPOUT 
  OF 
  JUNE 
  19, 
  1835. 
  425 
  

  

  the 
  cloud, 
  though 
  it 
  probably 
  rose 
  much 
  higher 
  into 
  the 
  cloud 
  itself, 
  

   was 
  not 
  very 
  certainly 
  made 
  out. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  probable, 
  however, 
  from 
  comparing 
  several 
  accounts 
  of 
  the 
  

   distance 
  at 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  seen, 
  and 
  the 
  angular 
  elevation 
  as 
  near 
  as 
  

   could 
  be 
  ascertained, 
  that 
  the 
  height 
  was 
  about 
  a 
  mile, 
  or, 
  from 
  the 
  

   very 
  distinct 
  testimony 
  of 
  Mr 
  Cole, 
  a 
  little 
  more. 
  

  

  He 
  was 
  standing 
  four 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Amboy, 
  beyond 
  which 
  

   the 
  spout 
  did 
  not 
  reach. 
  He 
  saw 
  a 
  very 
  black 
  column 
  of 
  cloud, 
  about 
  

   eight 
  times 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  broad, 
  rising 
  in 
  the 
  west 
  ; 
  lighter 
  clouds 
  

   on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  it 
  were 
  " 
  streaming 
  " 
  towards 
  it 
  with 
  great 
  velocity 
  

   and 
  joining 
  it, 
  but 
  not 
  crossing 
  it. 
  The 
  upper 
  end 
  of 
  this 
  column 
  was 
  

   about 
  ten 
  degrees 
  high. 
  The 
  evidence 
  of 
  Mr 
  Hunt, 
  engineer 
  of 
  the 
  

   boat 
  Napoleon, 
  is 
  almost 
  exactly 
  similar 
  to 
  Mr 
  Cole's. 
  He 
  was 
  about 
  

   seven 
  miles 
  from 
  New 
  Brunswick, 
  and 
  saw 
  the 
  spout 
  before 
  it 
  reached 
  

   the 
  town. 
  He 
  thinks, 
  however, 
  that 
  the 
  column 
  was 
  only 
  about 
  three 
  

   times 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  broad. 
  After 
  looking 
  at 
  it 
  some 
  minutes, 
  he 
  

   could 
  plainly 
  see 
  detached 
  pieces 
  of 
  cloud 
  darting 
  inwards 
  and 
  up- 
  

   wards, 
  joining 
  the 
  upper 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  column 
  and 
  losing 
  themselves 
  

   there, 
  and 
  in 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  minutes 
  more, 
  when 
  the 
  column 
  reached 
  

   New 
  Brunswick, 
  the 
  materials 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  seen 
  to 
  fly 
  upwards 
  

   increased 
  in 
  number, 
  and 
  gave 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  a 
  volcano 
  ; 
  these 
  

   materials 
  seemed 
  to 
  him 
  to 
  rise 
  three 
  hundred 
  yards. 
  Now 
  as 
  the 
  

   spout 
  when 
  first 
  seen 
  by 
  Mr 
  Hunt 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  eight 
  or 
  nine 
  

   miles 
  distant, 
  its 
  height 
  could 
  hardly 
  have 
  been 
  less 
  than 
  a 
  mile. 
  

  

  On 
  this 
  same 
  day 
  three 
  other 
  spouts 
  occurred, 
  about 
  seventeen 
  miles 
  

   apart, 
  measuring 
  perpendicular 
  to 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  Bruns- 
  

   wick 
  spout. 
  The 
  one 
  next 
  to 
  the 
  Brunswick 
  spout, 
  seventeen 
  miles 
  

   north, 
  passed 
  through 
  a 
  village 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Patterson, 
  

   New 
  Jersey, 
  about 
  three 
  hours 
  after 
  the 
  passage 
  of 
  the 
  spout 
  at 
  Bruns- 
  

   wick. 
  It 
  was 
  accompanied 
  by 
  violent 
  hail 
  and 
  rain 
  on 
  the 
  very 
  path 
  of 
  

   the 
  spout. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  same 
  day 
  and 
  afternoon 
  and 
  night, 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  very 
  great 
  

   rain 
  in 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  commencing 
  at 
  Schenectady, 
  about 
  three 
  

   P. 
  M., 
  with 
  a 
  roaring 
  of 
  fifteen 
  minutes 
  like 
  a 
  distant 
  cataract 
  : 
  2-45 
  

   inches 
  of 
  rain 
  fell 
  in 
  Albany, 
  wind 
  N., 
  and 
  much 
  more 
  at 
  Lebanon. 
  

   And 
  during 
  the 
  whole 
  night 
  of 
  the 
  1 
  9th, 
  there 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  

  

  