We quoted officials as blaming the slide on the area s clay soil, which had given way. It was the second tragedy to befall the town in less than a year.
Almost completely gone today are the retail customers from the richer households of the city. Buyers come instead from wholesale and retail food stores.
An afternoon evacuation of more than 100 Mohawks fleeing the Kahnawake reserve into LaSalle turned ugly yesterday as a crowd of more than 250 angry whites pelted their cars with hand-sized rocks.