NEW YORK, Mareh 7. ()—The
tugboat Joyee Card biew up as she
was moving out of Erie basin,
Broaklyn, today, killing two men
and injuring three. Three other:
are missing.

The boat, owned by the Card
Towing Line, Inc., was just starting
out when a blast in the hoiler room
sent her to the bottom.

The three men rescued were or
the deck at the time of the *
plosion, They were picked w
Teascuers who dived from other “
nearby. The rest of the crew was
below deck and it was believed cer.
tain that all are dead. Two boflie:

were recovered,

Others aboard nearby tugs saic
parts of badies were hurled into the
alr by the explosion. They held oun!
little hope for the recavery of the
bodies of the missing, all af whom
they helieyed died.
 
 

NEW YORK Mar 7 — (#) ~~ The
tugboat Joyce Cord rlew wo as she
was moving out of Erie Basin Brooh-
lyn today hillng two men and i
juring three Three ethers are miss-
ing

The boat owned hy the Card Tow-
ang Line Ine had jis. been overe
jlauled and was stattarg cit on her
fi t assignment wher a blast in the
‘boiler room sen her to the botrom
| The three men rescued were on the
|deck at the tme of the caploson
pTre were picked up > rescuers who
dived from other tigs nearby The
‘rest of the crew wis selow dech and
ib was pellevec certein that all were
rqeid Two bodies were reco ered

 
 