 Shortly after a number of violent clashes took place, with the town hall being stormed by the crowd and eventually set on fire.Order was eventually restored to the town by midnight on 19 July, but the fire brigade were unable to extinguish the fire and by the next morning the town hall was little more than ruins.The remains of the building were demolished in August 1919 and the statue "Peace", which was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield and inscribed with the names of dead servicemen from the Great War, was unveiled in 1922.