1835 Middlesex County tornado

1835 tornado in New Jersey, US May 2025 February 2025 June 19, 1835 FU 5 1835 300000 Grazulis Thomas P Significant Tornadoes 1680–1991 July 1993 The Tornado Project of Environmental Films St. Johnsbury, Vermont 1-879362-03-1 The 1835 Middlesex County tornado was a deadly tornado that touched down in Middlesex County on June 19, 1835, becoming the deadliest tornado recorded in New Jersey's history. It destroyed all but two of twelve houses in Piscataway and killed five in New Brunswick, where it struck what is now part of downtown along a path through (or near) what is now Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital property, the site of Monument Square, and George Street. Reporting About 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, a tornado passed over the town of Piscataway, about two miles from New Brunswick, which destroyed every house but two. The current proceeded towards the City of New Brunswick, and made dreadful havoc in that place, destroying and damaging nearly one hundred and fifty houses in Liberty, Richmond and Schureman streets. The most melancholy part of the accident is the death of several persons. There were 5 deaths, and here are 4 of them. A widow lady by the name of Van Arsdale, a man called Henry Boorsem, formerly a midshipman in the Navy, who was killed in the street, and a boy named Bayard. New York Evening Star, June 20, 1835Dreadful Tornado https://www.gendisasters.com/new-jersey/6072/piscataway-nj-dreadful-tornado-june-1835 About 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, a tornado passed over the town of Piscataway, about two miles from New Brunswick, which destroyed every house but two. ... New York Evening Star June 20, 1835 2011-10-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20101027095116/http://www3.gendisasters.com/new-jersey/6072/piscataway-nj-dreadful-tornado-june-1835 October 27, 2010 live Destructive Tornado https://www.gendisasters.com/new-jersey/6072/piscataway-nj-dreadful-tornado-june-1835 New York Gazette June 29, 1835 2018-08-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20101027095116/http://www3.gendisasters.com/new-jersey/6072/piscataway-nj-dreadful-tornado-june-1835 October 27, 2010 live See also List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks List of New Jersey tornadoes 1989 Northeastern United States tornado outbreak (produced three tornadoes in New Jersey) References Charleston, SC (1761) Costliest U.S. tornadoes on Record June 19, 1835 Natchez, Miss. (1840) Category:Tornado outbreaks with no Fujita scale ratings given Category:New Brunswick, New Jersey Category:Piscataway, New Jersey Category:Tornadoes in New Jersey Category:June 1835 Category:1835 natural disasters in the United States Category:1835 in New Jersey Category:Meteorological events in 1835 Category:19th-century tornadoes