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, 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.
 