NEW YORK, March 7. (AP)—
The tugboat Joyce Card blew up
as she was moving out of Erie
Basin, Brooklyn, today, killing
two men and injuring’ three.
Three others are missing.

The boat is owned by the Card
Towing Line, Inc.

The blast in the boiler room
sent her tothe bottom.

The three men rescued were on
the deck at the time of the ex-
plosion. They were picked up by
rescuers who dived from other

tugs nearby. The rest of the crew
was below deck and it was be-
lieved certain 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 recov-
ery of the bodies of the missing,
all of whom they believed dead.
 
TE MAE GTeR dh FAG AT AG ake ob tdi
of Explosion

NEW YORK, Mareh 7 ¢P)—The tug-
boat Joye Card blew up as she was
moving oul of Brie basin, Brooklyn,
loday, killing two men and injuring
three. Three others are missing.

The boat,-owned by tha Card Tow-
ing Ling, Ine, had just been over-
howled aud 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 time of. Lhe explosiays.
‘They were picked up by rescuers ate

dived from other tugs nearby. The
rest of the crew wag below-deck and
it, was believed certain that all wero
fend, Two bodies were recovercd.

The known dead are Robert John-
son, cook, and Gus Flood, sailor,

Capt. Leslie Harris, Mate Jack Me-
Lain and Engineer Joseph Mcthuade
were taken to Long Island Collere
hospital. Each was in erilical condl-
tion,

Capt, William J. Stovall, of the tug
Paul Cord, whose hoa. was a few

ds away ut the time of the blast
sail 1 sheet of flame flared up 20 Teot
and the Joyce Card immediately went
down. He dived in aud resaued the

 

 

 
 