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Show qi MMltfM 111 i: AsITO WMhyi i; - jM Romo, Spt. 2C, Gugllelmo Mar- S ( conl, tho diBcovorer of 77lrolesa telcg- rjij raphy, vrno vqb badly injured la an OHM - automobile accident near Borghetto "j! ; yBtorday, 1b reported somewhat rrTr-- .n r " aeMg worse Illb tomporaturc liw rlson ( and Infliunmatlon of the woundb haa jet in. The doctore attending him, however, have indicated in bulletins tbat he probably will recover. The king, who v. as the host at dln-aer dln-aer yesterdnv to Mr and Mrs Marconi, Mar-coni, at San Rosooii. the royal villa, has -wired to Borghetto aaking uevro resardlujj the scientist. The president of the cabinet and the mlnltstera of war and of marine, together with several sev-eral deputies and senators, alco have telegraphed for Information on hie condition. To all of the Inquiries, Mte Marconi aunt rcaaauring answers. an-swers. Feared He May Be Blind. It is feared the Inventor may lose his eyeBlsht as a rc3ult"of his injuries injur-ies At the hospital of the naval department, de-partment, where tho inventor In be-in? be-in? treated, an eye HpuclaliU declared de-clared lnat nlijht ho hoped the optic nerve iiftd not bcon injured, but it was Impossible to eny until tho swelling swell-ing hao been reduced. Cold com-proasofi com-proasofi are being conctantly applied to the injured oyee. Tho inventor's right eye and right chgek and temple were badly hurt and he also received Bevore brulsoB about tho body. Both he and Mre. Marconi had a narrow eficnpe from death. The latter escaped with a few brulsoc, an did also Marconi's .ecrotary and the chauffeur. Cars Crash at Curve. Tho accident occurred oarly yesterday yes-terday while the Inventor -was driving his machine on a pleasure trip through the valley of tho Vara river. Shortly after passing Borgheitto, In turnlnc a sharp curvo the machine came into collision with an automobile automo-bile whloh was proceeding from Genoa. Ge-noa. Both cars wore overturned, their occupants being thrown violently Into tho road. In tho other car wore five women, all of whom weio found to be suffering from sovoro brutaoe and shock when assisted lrom tho wreck-ago. wreck-ago. Word of the accident waB received here iri a short time and an automobile automo-bile from the naval department waa I at once dispatched to tho woono. It I "retarded -rlth Mr. a-nd Mm, Murconi Mrs. Marconi, making i.bbi of ho: ov.-n injuries, is at her husjand's sluo in the hospital Her first inquiry when she was taken from the wreckage wreck-age of the two machines was for hor ' tiuaband Next to Marconi hlmBelt I the warm-blooded Italian people have n veneration for his wife, who Is an Irbh woiutin nnd a noted Irish beauty, beau-ty, formerly Hon. Beatrice O'Brien, daughter of the late Baron Inchlqulu. They woro mnrrled in 1905. oo |