41. They converged at the Smithfield plant, a 973, 000-square-foot leviathan of pipe and steel near the Cape Fear River . 42. She was scuttled near the mouth of the Cape Fear River , Oak Island, North Carolina sometime around January 1865. 43. It's also just around the corner from Southport, a charming, verandaed town at the mouth of the Cape Fear River . 44. The Tar, Neuse and Cape Fear rivers were expected to be above flood stage by the middle of the week. 45. Smith said over a plate of boiled shrimp at a barbecue restaurant on the banks of the Cape Fear River . 46. A ship loaded with 2, 800 tons of explosives caught fire Saturday at an Army terminal on the Cape Fear River . 47. The National Guard was called in to Wilmington, where the swollen Cape Fear River flooded much of the city's historic district. 48. It was used by the American Red Cross during the 1945 floods of the Cape Fear River as a refugee center. 49. The hurricane _ the third to hit Wilmington in two years _ surged ashore Wednesday afternoon at the Cape Fear River . 50. As the Northeast Cape Fear River rose Sunday, Jim Connor chose to shoot his 35 goats rather than let them drown.