(By £0 Associated Press!

New York, Mar, 7.—The tugboa,
Joyee Card, blew up as she was move
ing out of Erie Basin, Brooklyn, today,
killing two men and injuring three.
Three others are missing. A biast in
the boiler room sent the beat to the
bottom,

The three men rescued were on the
deck at the time of the explosion,
 
Silver Beit A, BF, s0a8ed Wire

NEW YORK, Mareh T.-—The tug-
boat Joyce Card blew up as she wits
moving out of Erie Basin, Brooklyn,
today, killing two men And injuring
three. Three others are missing.

The boat, owned by the Card Tow-
ing Line, Ine., had just been over-
hauled and was starting ont on her
first assignment when a blast in

the boiler room sent her to the bot-
tom.

The three men resened were on

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 the deck at the time of the ex-
plosion. They were picked up by
-reseners who dived from other tugs»
nearby, The rest of the erew was
below-deck and it was believed cer-
tain that all were dead, Two bodies
were recovered,

Others aboard nearby tugs said
parts of bodies were hurled into the
air by the explosion, They held out
little hope for the recovery of the
hodies of the missing, all of whom
they believe dead,
 