This monument in Dugald, in the Rural Municipality of Springfield, commemorates the worst railway accident in Manitoba’s history, that occurred near here on 1 September 1947. At least 31 people were killed, mostly due to fire aboard wooden train cars, in the collision between an east-bound transcontinental passenger train and a west-bound “Campers Special” from the resort at Minaki, Ontario. The fire spread to the nearby grain elevator and fuel storage depot, which were also destroyed.
Of the 31 dead, seven were identified and buried privately. Two bodies were never recovered. The remaining 22 were buried in a mass grave in Brookside Cemetery.
A monument was erected on 1 September 2007, for the 60th anniversary of the disaster, by the Springfield Women’s Institute.
Dugald train disaster commemorative monument (March 2012)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Monument in Brookside Cemetery for victims of the Dugald Train Disaster (June 2022)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88609, W96.84090
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name
Catherine M. Adams
Shirley A. Adams
Stanley C. Adams
Donna Barlow
Annie E. Dixon
Donald E. Dixon
Grenville J. Dixon
Merle A. Dixon
Patricia C. Dixon
George Fraser
George Harmon
Margaret Harmon
Jane E. Jamieson
Martha Jarvi
Ida Kozar
Richard Mellor
Sarah J. Mellor
Adam L. Richardson
Gilbert Rougeau
Frederick Skogsberg
George Steel
Ronald Steel
Verna Steel
Anne J. Van der Linden
Alma B. Wynne
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Brookside Cemetery (3001 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg)
We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 March 2023
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