Lawn, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Lawn, population approximately 800 as of 2004, is located at the tip of the Burin Peninsula on Newfoundland's South coast.
[edit] 1942 tragedy
In the predawn hours of February 18, 1942, three United States Navy ships ran aground on the shore of the Burin Peninsula between Lawn and the nearby community of St. Lawrence. It was determined that the USS Pollux, USS Truxtun and USS Wilkes made a navigation error while enroute to Naval Station Argentia. Eight residents of Lawn assisted in the rescue of survivors. 185 sailors survived and 203 died as a result of the disaster.
See: "Standing Into Danger" by Cassie Brown.
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