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 £0 Associated Press!

New York, Mar, 7.—The tugboa,
Joyee Card, blew up as she was move
ing out of Erie Basin, Brooklyn, today,
killing two men and injuring three.
Three others are missing. A biast in
the boiler room sent the beat to the
bottom,

The three men rescued were on the
deck at the time of the explosion,
 