 

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

 
 
New York, March 7, (#}—The tug
bout Joyce Card blew up as she was
moving out of Erie Basin, Brooklyn,
‘Today, killing two men end injur-
ing three. ‘Throe.others were miss-
ing.

‘Che boat, owned by the Card
Towing Line, Inc, had just been
loverhauled and was starting out on
her first assignment when 2 blast
in the boiler room sent her to the
polion.

The iaree men rescued were on
he deck at the time of the explos-
jon. ‘They were picked up by res
cucrs who dived from other tugs
nearby. The rest of the crew was
‘balow deck and it was believed cer-
tain thal all were dread. Two bed-
ies were recovered.

Others aboard nearby tugs suid

pacts of bodies were hurled into the
lair by the explosion, They held
font tittle hope for the recovery of
ithe bodies of the missing, all ol
tyhom they belleved dead.

 
 