Greetings from the "Coral Sea Coast" (Lat 17.5s Long 146.4e) Hi to All, I seek information on the death of one Lucy Kent SMITH on 29 December 1921 at Dimboola. Lucy was a well-known Wimmera nurse and midwife and was the widow of my wife's paternal grand uncle, Duncan SMITH sometime of Jeparit. She died as a result of a fall from a car and it is said that a detective was brought from Melbourne to investigate and that an inquest was held on 30th and 31st December 1921. There is no record of the inquest on the Victorian Inquest CD. If SKS is close enough to have access to the archival records of the local Dimboola newspaper or to inquest records at the local courthouse I would appreciate any information that can be gleaned. And may that which you seek be found Dean Newman, North Queensland Australia. "As time goes by" kenyon@znet.net.au "Old Deans never die - they just lose their faculties"

Hi All With regard to Dean's request, if anyone's online tonight who knows which newspaper would have been the more likely to report Dimboola news - Nhill Freepress or Wimmera Mail - Could you get back to me? Thanks. And Lyn - I'm going to get your Margaret Pincott write-up tomorrow too. Cheers Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean Martin Rees NEWMAN" <kenyon@znet.net.au> To: <AUS-VIC-NORTHWEST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 6:12 PM Subject: [AUS-VIC-NorWest] Lucy SMITH Midwife - Dimboola Inquest 1921 > > Greetings from the "Coral Sea Coast" > (Lat 17.5s Long 146.4e) > Hi to All, > > I seek information on the death of one Lucy Kent SMITH on 29 December > 1921 at Dimboola. > Lucy was a well-known Wimmera nurse and midwife and was the widow of my > wife's paternal grand uncle, Duncan SMITH sometime of Jeparit. > She died as a result of a fall from a car and it is said that a > detective was brought from Melbourne to investigate and that an inquest > was held on 30th and 31st December 1921. > There is no record of the inquest on the Victorian Inquest CD. > > If SKS is close enough to have access to the archival records of the > local Dimboola newspaper or to inquest records at the local courthouse I > would appreciate any information that can be gleaned.