Show twenty persons Ier gont killed hilled in a new I 1 lork ork hotel fa fire re the twenty alist regiment armity a 11 magnificent structure and one of the finest in the city of new york was destroyed by fire Satur saturday dav morning the car barns for the metropolitan street railway on an adjoining corner wre momentarily threatened with de destruction but for hours bours the abod work of the firemen saved them the file was dis coveted in a window of the armory on the thirty fourth street side and by the time the fire men arrived the flames had completely enveloped the building and appealed through the roof shortly afterward tb the and ammunition exploded later a thousand pounds of powder in the cellar exploded and the walls were thrown outward 1 I lie avenue hotel botel cail caught cainglit glit fire and was burned A number of persons are known to be dead the number being vatious variously ly placed at alfrom froin four to twenty |