New York —(#)— The tugboat
Joyce Card blew up as she was
moving into Erie Basin, today, kill-
ing at least two men and injuring
three. Three others are missing.

A blast in the boiler room sent
her to the bottom.

The three men rescued were on
the k at the time of the explo-
sion. hey were picked up by res-
cuers who dived from other tugs
nearby. The rest of the crew was
below deck and it was believed
certain that all were dead.

Others aboard nearby tugs said
parts of bodies were hurled into
the air by the explosion. ‘They
held out little hope for the recov-
ery of the bodies of the missing,
all of whom they believed were
dead.
 
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,
 