NEW YORK. March 7 .%—The
tugboat Joyce Card blew up as she
‘Was moving out of Erie basin,
‘Brooklyn, today, killing two men
‘and injuring three. Three others
| The boat. owned by the Card
‘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
| The three men rescued were on
ithe deck at the time of the explo-
sions. They were picked up by res-
cuers who dived from other tugs
near by. The rest of the crew was
below-deck and it was believed cer-
fon that all were dead. Two
bodies were recovered.
| The known dead are Robert
jJohnson, cook, and Gus Flood,
| sailor.
| Captain Leslie Harris, Mate Jack
' McClain and Engineer Joseph Mc-
| Quade were taken to Long Island
College hospital. Each was in 4
' critical condition.
| Captain William J. Sotvail, of the
tug Paul Cord, whose boat was a
few yards away at the time of the
| blast, said a sheet of flame flared
up 20 feet and the Joyce Card
immediately went down. He dived
in and rescued the mate.

Others aboard near by tugs said
parts of bodies were hurled into the
air by the explosion. held
out little hope for the recovery, of
the bodies of the missing, all of
whom they believed dead.

 
 
“New York, March 7,—(/) — The
tugboat, Joyce Card; blew up. to-
day, killing two men and injuring
three. Three others are missing.
A blast in the boiler room sent
hey to the bottom. ;
The three men rescued were on
the deck at the time of the explo-
sion, They were picked up by ‘res-
cuers, The rest of the crew was
below and it. was believed. all ‘were
dead, ‘Two bodies were recovered.

 
  

 

 
 