few AMR ie = tugboat

Joyce Card blew up as she was

Moving out of Erle Basin, Brook-

lyn, today, killing two men and

injuring three. Three others are
| missing.

The boat, owned by the Cara
Towing Line, Inc., had just been
overhauled and was starting out
on her first assignment when a
blast in the boiler room sent her
to the bottom.

The three men rescued were on
the deck at the tlme of the ex-
plosion. They were picked up by
rescuers who dived fram other
tugs nearby, ‘Tho rest of the
crew was below deck and it was
beleved certain that all dead.
Two bodies were recovered.

The names of the three mis-
sing, no trace of whom had been
found early this afternoon, were
reported as Wallen Maddox, 32,
@eckhand; John Hassan, 30, oller,
and Joseph Ray, 34, fireman,
 
 

NEW YORK, MAR. 7. AP).—The tugboat Joyce Card blew up as she
was moving out of Erie basin, Brooklyn, today, killing two men and in-
jurying three. Three others were missing.

The boat had just been overhauled and was starting out on her first
assignment when a blast in the boiler room sent her to the bottom.

Others aboard nearby tugs said parts of the bodies were hurled into
the air by the explosion. They held out little hope for the recovery of
the bodies of the missing. all of whom thev believed dead.
 