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Show POLICE SEARCH FOR IE OEAD Officials Probe Cause of Blast Which Destroyed Restaurant Restau-rant and Death and Injury In-jury to Many. Akron, O., May 16. While polico and firemen were searching for bodies of more dead or injured persons In the ruins of the Crystal restaurant here early today, city and county authorities au-thorities began Investigations into the circumstances of the blast which last night caused the collapse of the building build-ing with tho death of at least nine persons and tho serious injury of twenty-one. Three other persons ln the restaurant restaur-ant at tho time of theexplosion are missing and two men pulled from the ruins have becomo Insane. Tho col-apse col-apse of the building was caused by a blast in an excavation for a structure that was to adjoin the restaurant. |