1835 Middlesex County tornado
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 what is now Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital property, the site of Monument Square, and George Street.