“About half past l0 o’clock, on the night of the 21s instant, a fire broke out in a bowling alley; known as the ‘Neptune Saloon’, on Haverhill Street.”… A description of the blaze and attempt by the firefighters to contain it, and the total loss, follows.

The extent of the fire is described, and then:  “The total loss is half a million of dollars, although some of the estimates are much higher than this.”