Fourth of July Hurricane of 1914

the Fourth of July Hurricane of 1914 (also known as Hurricane Two) was a Category 4 hurricane that barely avoided a landfall with North Carolina on July 3-4, 1914.

Meteorological history
In late June a tropical system emerged off the coast of Africa, as the system moved towards the Bahamas it was observed as a tropical depression on July 1, the system moved northwestward towards the Carolina's, the system was next observed on July 2 as a Category 2 hurricane, pressure maps indicated the storm was intensifying and updates were being issued every six hours, by early July 3rd the storm was a Category 4 hurricane approaching North Carolina, evacuations began and by that evening most of the state was evacuated as the 145 mph hurricane was approaching the coastline. The storm made a last-minute turn away from the coast at around noon on July 4, preventing a major disaster, despite this, 41 people died in the storm...9 people died when a tree fell on their home, another 20 died in another incident and the remaining 8 died in a fire during the hurricane that was caused by a lightning strike. Another 4 died during the evacuation. The Category 4 moved away from the coast and rapidly weakened, and by July 6 was downgraded to a Tropical Storm...on July 7 the storm dissolved almost completely but took another 24 hours to fully diminish.