Lyrics Charles J. Adams III – The Exeter Wreck

 
The Exeter Wreck Lyrics – Charles J. Adams III

Singer: Charles J. Adams III
Title: The Exeter Wreck

The night of May 12th, 1899 was moonless and in the village of Exeter, along the Schuylkill River south of Reading, the Cannonball Express, with many dignitaries including a U.S. senator aboard, was parked on the main track while a crippled locomotive was backing into a siding
And speeding down the line toward Exeter was another passenger train

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