Bark Arrina ~ 28 September 1874

Winds from a hurricane on this date clocked southeast 45 mi/h then southwest 50 mi/h at Wilmington and southeast 75 mi/h at Cape Hatteras. The destruction was very great in the Wilmington area, with large trees uprooted and carried a considerable distance. At places along Water Street the waves on the Cape Fear River were above the wharf. At Smithville (Southport) the storm was reported very disastrous, with several houses blown down, the warehouses on the garrison wharf completely destroyed, and the Ocean House demolished. The Spanish barque Arrina was blown over in ten fathoms of water.