 

NEW YORK, MAR. 7. AP).—The tugboat Joyce Card blew up as she
was moving out of Erie basin, Brooklyn, today, killing two men and in-
jurying three. Three others were missing.

The boat had just been overhauled and was starting out on her first
assignment when a blast in the boiler room sent her to the bottom.

Others aboard nearby tugs said parts of the bodies were hurled into
the air by the explosion. They held out little hope for the recovery of
the bodies of the missing. all of whom thev believed dead.
 
By the Associated rress.
| NEW YORK, March 7.—The tug-
boat 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, owned by the Card

Towing Line  Ine., 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 fescued were on
the deck at the time of the ex
|plosion. They were picked up by
rescuers who dived from other tugs
jnearby. The rest of the crew was
| below-deck and it was believed
certain that all were dead. Two
bodies were recovered.
 