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NEW YORI Mareh 7. The tug:
boat Joyce Card blew up ass she
wna omoving out of Mate hnsxda,
Brooklyn, today, Killing two men
and injuring three. ‘Thres others
are thilsnlog.

The boat, owned by the Card
‘Towing Line, [ne hat fuet been
overhngled and was atariing out
on her firel asaigninent when oa
blast dn the baller reom rent: her
to the bottom

The three mon rescued were on
the deel at the time of the explo:
non They were picked up by
reacuera who dived from other
tugs nearhy. The reat of the crew
wan below deck and it waa te-
lieved certain that all wera dead,
Teen hodled were reeovered,

 

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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

 

 

 
 