1829

June 24, 1829 - Norwich Courier (Norwich, Connecticut)
Now Landing, per sloop Teazer, from Albany, 475 bush. north river oats, very heavy, 225 bush. corn, 12 bbls. Midlings, fresh, 200 beef hams, to be sold very low by Lovell & Bill

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July 13, 1829 - Commercial Advertiser (New York, New York)
Thunder Gust. This city and the vicinity were visited yesterday afternoon, between 3 and 4 o'clock, with a sudden and severe storm of wind, hail and rain, accompanied with some heavy thunder and vivid lightning. It blew at first with great fury from S.S.E. and after a brief intermission, from the S.W. The hail was unusually large. The following is a list of the casualties which occurred, as far as they have come to our knowledge:
The sloop Gwerniere of Rhinebeck, had just arrived and was entering the docks at the Albany Basin, when the flaw struck her and carried away her mast and bowsprit. The mast was broken off about four feet above the deck, and in falling, struck Mr. Bergh, the captain, who was at the tiller, and whose thigh bone was fractured near the socket; he was also otherwise badly injured. The sloop drifted up near Spring Street, before she was brought in.

Several sail boats were upset in the North River.

The steamboat Fairy Queen picked up seven persons from one boat - other boats were assisted by sloops and row boats.

A small pleasure boat upset near one of the Hoboken boats which was crossing the ferry, and a boy about twelve years old was struggling for some moments in the water, when a colored man jumped overboard from the steamboat, and supported him until she rounded to, when he was taken up. A man in the small boat lost his pocket book, which floated, and was caught by the colored man in his teeth, while he was supporting the boy. About a dozen hats were blown from the heads of the passengers in the steamboat.

The ship Concordia, lying at the foot of Duane Street, slipped her fast, and swung round across the entrance of the basin -- she appeared to have sustained no damage.

The ship John Linton, Capt. Wybray, drew up the post to which she was made fast, at the foot of Robinson Street, drifted up the river, and grounded near North Moore Street. In the second squall she was driven from her situation there, and struck at the foot of Beach Street, where she grounded, and, it is feared, will not be got off without great difficulty.

During the storm, three sloops were driven ashore at Hallet's Cove.

The steamboat Citizen, coming up the Bay, had her awning torn to atoms, her rails, &c. broken.

Several vessels in the East River dragged their anchors. The steamboat Chancellor Livingston parted her stern fast, and swung round from the wharf towards the stream -- the wind suddenly shifted, and she was returned to the wharf in safety.

The wooden tower erected below the bank of the Hoboken green, for the purpose of supporting the weight by which the car was propelled on the Aerial ways, was prostrated by the first gust. It was fairly carried from its foundations, and no two of the timbers are left together. A fine willow tree was also blown down on the green.

In the city, the gable end of a new three-story brick house in Spring Street, opposite Clinton Market, was blown down.

The flag staff in the West Battery, foot of Hubert Street, was blown down.

Most of the awnings along West Street were blown away, shutters blown in, and many panes of glass broken by the hail.

A high chimney of the three story house No. 308 Pearl Street, was blown down, and fell upon the chimney of the adjoining two story house, No. 310, and the two falling on the roof of the latter, crushed in the entire of the rear roof and part of the front. There were two females in the house, but they were unhurt.

Four new buildings in First Street were blown down.

Thompson Northrup's livery stable, 143 Liberty Street was much damaged, and a man while sleeping on some hay, was slightly hurt. A brick house, not entirely finished, in Duane, between Chapel and Church Streets, had the upper part of the gable ends blown off and the side walls so much injured that they will have to be taken down as low as the first floor. Several trees on the Battery, Greenwich Street, Broadway, St. John's Park, and several other parts of the city, were torn up by the roots, and many windows in different parts of the city were blown to pieces.

In the Rev. Mr. Dubois' church in Franklin Street, a singular scene was presented. The Sexton observing a storm approaching, closed the blinds; but the wind came with such violence as to drive them open, and fury of the storm was felt by many of the audience, particularly the ladies, whose enormous bonnets, although as large as ordinary parasols, did not protect them from the blast. The women screamed aloud, the children cried, and many ran out of the church, and at the door was met by the storm, which took off their hats &c &c. Nearly a similar scene occurred at the Methodist church in Duane Street.

In St. Thomas' Church, likewise, there was much alarm. The windows were open , and the hurricane came upon the audience, with prodigious violence, before they were apprised that "a storm was brewing." The ladies shrieked, and as many as could ran into the vestry-room.

A boat was upset in the East River ,and one man was drowned. Another person in the boat was so much exhausted, that it was very doubtful for some time whether he would recover.

The Hudson River Steam-boat Office, at the foot of Courtland Street, was removed by the violence of the wind, and sustained some injury. The flag staffs of several of the boats were twisted off.

Two large buttonwood trees in Greenwich Street, near Cedar Street, were torn up from their roots.

At the foot of Jay Street, the sloop Belinda, while on her passage up from Coney Island, was thrown on her beam ends, sails torn to pieces, &c.

In West Street, near North Moore Street, the chimney of a furnace was blown down.

At the foot of Hubert Street, the sloop Eagle had her sails torn to pieces.

​P.S. at 11 o'clock this morning, the John Linton had been removed from distance, and it was expected she would be got off the next tide.