Tragedy for Professor Welcker on his Journey to Meran
Former Frankfurt deputy Professor Welcker suffered a tragic bereavement en route to Meran. In Trieste, one of his three daughters succumbed to cholera.
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— Professor Welcker, former Frankfurt deputy and editor of the Staatslexikon, who undertook the ill-fated mission to Olmütz in October, has suffered a new misfortune in Austria. While travelling to Meran, he lost one of his three daughters to cholera in Trieste.
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"Tragedy for Professor Welcker on his Journey to Meran." Der Bote für Tirol, 7 November 1849. https://digital.tessmann.it/tessmannDigital/Zeitungsarchiv/Seite/Zeitung/47/1/07.11.1849/152945/2. https://www.meran-archive.com/en/artikel/1849-11-07-schicksalsschlag-fuer-professor-welcker-auf-der-reise-nach-meran