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An angry crowd began pelting the tents with rocks and setting fire to wagons. The performers all ran away for their safety. It was a full-on riot. The mayor and chief of police arrived, but their presence did nothing to quell the violence. Everyone finally left when the mayor called in the militia.
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A regular drunken cathouse brawl might have ended there, but the boys of the Hook and Ladder were staunch members of the Orange Order, as were most firemen, police, and members of the Toronto political elite.
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