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Bessie Whitford 1908 - 1984

Bessie Whitford of New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina was born on April 23, 1908, and died at age 76 years old in December 1984.

Bessie Whitford

New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina 28560

April 23, 1908

December 1984

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April 23, 1908

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December 1984

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In 1908, in the year that Bessie Whitford was born, a 7.1 earthquake and the resulting tsunami killed 70,000 to 100,000 people in southern Italy and Sicily. The earthquake, lasting 30 to 40 seconds, occurred in the Strait of Messina which was between the region of Calabria (at the "toe" of Italy) and the island of Sicily and destruction from it occurred in a 186 mile radius. It was the most destructive earthquake ever to hit Europe.

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In 1915, when she was merely 7 years old, the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war.

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