This small somber memorial consists of a Canadian flag, a short section of railroad track across made from railroad rails, and a plaque that reads as follows:
"On May 28, 1980, a fiery 3-vehicle collision on the TransCanada Highway took the lives of 22 of the 30 members of the CPR's Prairie region steel gang.
The Beach family, the CPR and residents of the Webb area have placed this memorial plaque in their memory.
Michael Beach, age 24, Man.
Mark Berard, age 20, Man.
Leslie Ducharme, age 38, Man.
William Lemon, age 24, Man.
Peter May, age 19, Man.
Robert Reimer, age 22, Man.
Kevin Tanner, age 21, Man.
Rob Hall, age 23, Ont.
Edmund Brushett, age 25, Nfld.
Michael Cheeseman, age 22, Nfld.
Garfield Clark, age 21, Nfld.
Adrian Drake, age 19, Nfld.
Clifford Hawse, age 27, Nfld.
Calvin Lake, age 27, Nfld.
James Lake, age 22, Nfld.
Ruben Lavhey, age 21, Nfld.
Lewis Seward, age 33, Nfld.
Weldon Seward, age 22, Nfld.
Richard Slaney, age 25, Nfld.
Michael Whiffen, age 20, Nfld.
SURVIVORS
Gerald Synard, age 19
Angus Moores, age 21
Michael Lake, age 18
Richard Norman, age 18
Augustus Hickey, age 24
Brian J. Walsh, age 18
Steve Papetti, age 19
Derald Flaman, age 18"
From the Canadian Encyclopedia: (
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"On 28 May 1980, 22 workers on a Canadian Pacific Railway steel crew were killed in a bus accident on the Trans-Canada Highway near Webb, Saskatchewan, west of Regina. It was one of the deadliest motor vehicle disasters in Canadian history.
The crew members — many of them teenagers or young men — were killed when their bus collided with another vehicle. The bus flipped onto its side and was then struck from behind by a tanker truck loaded with liquid asphalt. A fire engulfed the bus, charring the bodies of many of the victims and leaving them unrecognizable in the aftermath. Twelve of the dead were workers from Newfoundland. There were eight survivors."