MOTOR FATALITY INQUEST LENGTHY EVIDENCE AT HORSHAM Deputy Coroner Records Open Finding

9 February 1937, The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), page 2

…additional rooms on the house. Horsham Times 17 May 1949 Although she wasn't registered as a "maternity & medical nurse" until 1915, she established her first private hospital in 1914.  She operated several private hospitals in Horsham, Victoria; 1914 "River View" McPherson Street 1916 "Harlington House " Wilson Street 1920 "Liscard" Baillie Street 1924 Temporarily relocated to "Weymouth" Baillie Street 1925 "Liscard" Baillie Street "Liscard" continued to operate until 1931 when Edith, who was 61, became the matron at the Goroke hospital for several years before her death in 1937 at age 66. It was a car accident which killed Edith.  According to the inquest , Edith was sitting in the front passenger seat of a car driven by her son in law, Victor.  A truck coming in the opposite direction swerved on to the wrong side of the road.  At the last minute, Victor veered to the wrong side of the road trying to avoid the collision but at the same time the truck corrected and hit the front passenger side of the car, with the impact throwing Edith around causing broken ribs and internal haemorrhage, which killed her. The driver of the truck was fined £1/10/. for failing to report the accident, £2.10/. for…