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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 77. Chapters: Coal mining disasters in North Carolina, Fires in North Carolina, Natural disasters in North Carolina, Shipwrecks of the Carolina coast, USS Monitor, H. L. Hunley, USS Housatonic, Hamlet chicken processing plant fire, USS Yancey, USS Balao, 1993 Storm of the Century, Ocean Isle Beach house fire, Christmas 1994 nor'easter, January 25, 2000 Southeastern United States winter storm, USS Atlanta, USS Virginia, USS Tiru, Late November 2006 nor'easter, USS Tarpon, Carroll A. Deering, SS Georgiana, West Pharmaceutical Services explosion, Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950, 2004 Christmas Eve snowstorm, USS Chopper, Air Midwest Flight 5481, Queen Anne's Revenge, Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962, HMT Bedfordshire, USS Weehawken, USS New Jersey, Mary Bowers, SS Central America, Green Ramp disaster, USS Vermilion, CSS Curlew, Governor Ames, USS Pilgrim, Eastern Air Lines Flight 212, National Airlines Flight 2511, CSS Appomattox, German submarine U-85, HMCS St. Laurent, CSS Fanny, USS Margaret, USS Keokuk, CSS Ellis, USS Grampus, Hereford, USS Patapsco, Piedmont Airlines Flight 22, CSS Forrest, US Airways Flight 1016, USS Indra, USS Kingfisher, USS Home, Mitchell jail fire, USS Aeolus, Rennert railroad accident, USS Bainbridge, USS R. B. Forbes, USS Cythera, CSS Sea Bird, USS Dixon, CSS North Carolina, CSS Charleston, SS William Rockefeller, SS Papoose, Coal Glen mine disaster, USS Stephen Young, USS Peri, USS New England. Excerpt: H.L. Hunley was a submarine of the Confederate States of America that played a small part in the American Civil War, but a large role in the history of naval warfare. The Hunley demonstrated both the advantages and the dangers of undersea warfare. It was the first combat submarine to sink an enemy warship, although the Hunley was not completely submerged and was lost at some point following her...