few AMR ie = tugboat

Joyce Card blew up as she was

Moving out of Erle Basin, Brook-

lyn, today, killing two men and

injuring three. Three others are
| missing.

The boat, owned by the Cara
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 bottom.

The three men rescued were on
the deck at the tlme of the ex-
plosion. They were picked up by
rescuers who dived fram other
tugs nearby, ‘Tho rest of the
crew was below deck and it was
beleved certain that all dead.
Two bodies were recovered.

The names of the three mis-
sing, no trace of whom had been
found early this afternoon, were
reported as Wallen Maddox, 32,
@eckhand; John Hassan, 30, oller,
and Joseph Ray, 34, fireman,
 
New York, March 7.-—(AP)--The
tueboat Joyce Card blew up as she
was moving out of Erie Basin,
ttrooklyn, today, killing two men
and injuring three. Three others
are missing.

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
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 believed
certain that all died. Two bodies
were recovered,
 