 

NEW YORK, MAR. 7. AP).—The tugboat Joyce Card blew up as she
was moving out of Erie basin, Brooklyn, today, killing two men and in-
jurying three. Three others were missing.

The boat had just been overhauled and was starting out on her first
assignment when a blast in the boiler room sent her to the bottom.

Others aboard nearby tugs said parts of the bodies were hurled into
the air by the explosion. They held out little hope for the recovery of
the bodies of the missing. all of whom thev believed dead.
 
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
are missing.

The boat had just been over-
hauled and was starting out 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 explo-
sion. The rest of the crew was be-
low deck and it was believed cer-
tain that all were dead. Two
bodies were recovered.
 