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--#—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.
 