Record #:

7364

Author(s):

Hairr, John

Abstract:

The Great North Carolina Hurricane of 1815, as it came to be known, made landfall on September 3, 1815, along the Onslow County coast. Hairr recounts the destructive path the storm took through eastern North Carolina before exiting out to sea in the vicinity of Norfolk, Virginia.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 73 Issue 4, Sept 2005, p25-27, il

Subject(s):

Hurricanes--North Carolina, Eastern