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In the wake of persistent torrential rains, The Alabama Flood reaches its peak, with water ten feet or more deep in the towns of Elba and Geneva. Thousands of people are stranded on rooftops for three days, and damage is estimated at over $9m. Amazingly, only one fatality occurs, when a blind Negro man named "Phoe" Larkins is swept from a box car in New Town. Within a few days, Andrew Jenkins will record the song Alabama Flood for OKeh Records, and Vernon Dalhart will record Alabama Flood for Harmony Records, both songs being inspired by the calamity.
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