Clay County AlArchives News.....Wind Storm Strikes Cragford  February 20, 1939
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The Birmingham News February 20, 1939
One man was dead and nine others critically injured in a storm which struck the 
New Harmony community in Clay County this morning as heavy winds swept north 
through Alabama. The blow struck as a new cold spell was moving on the city, 
with the weatherman predicting freezing temperatures here tonight. Winds reached 
a velocity of 25 miles an hour here, but caused no noteworthy damages, according 
to reports. Henry Garrett 35, trapped in the wreckage of his father-in-law's 
home, was dead when neighbors pulled him from the debris shortly after midnight. 
Garrett and his wife, who was also injured, were spending the night with her 
father, George Robertson, approximately a mile north of Cragford. Mr. and Mrs. 
Robertson are not expected to live, and seven children in the Robertson family 
were also severely injured, reports stated. The Robertson home was the only one 
destroyed by the tornadic wind in that section. Heavy rains fell throughout 
Eastern Alabama, accompanied by lightning. Town Marshall R. L. Powell, of 
Lineville said storm damage was confined to the farming area five to 10 miles 
southeast of Lineville. Several farm homes were damaged, he said.

Additional Comments:
Note: George Robertson died about a year later. His wife Ida died in 1952. 
Henry Garrett, George Robertson and Ida Robertson are all buried in New Harmony 
Cemetery, Cragford, AL. 

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