New York —(#)— The tugboat
Joyce Card blew up as she was
moving into Erie Basin, today, kill-
ing at least two men and injuring
three. Three others are missing.

A blast in the boiler room sent
her to the bottom.

The three men rescued were on
the k at the time of the explo-
sion. hey were picked up by res-
cuers who dived from other tugs
nearby. The rest of the crew was
below deck and it was believed
certain that all were dead.

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 were
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.
 