Centre Street Crossing in the Town of Napanee

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27 janvier

Centre Street Crossing in the Town of Napanee

At the level crossing, the Mill lights did blind,
Took the lives of eight, leaving one of nine.
Each trip over the track, you couldn't see,
At the Centre Street crossing in the town of Napanee.

The Lewis family, Harry, Bessie and their son Joe,
The driver Bordon Cox didn't hear the whistle blow.
Clifford Thompson, Maxwell Fox, two more of eight,
Twins Sharon and Sandra McQuaig also lost to fate.

The only survivor, Joan McQuaig, lay by the track,
Because crossing gates and lights, it did lack.
Nothing left but bits of machine and body parts,
Soon to arrive was the coroner, Dr.Hart.

The "Montreal Flyer" it was eleven minutes late,
The engineer Cecil Burleigh would later state.
Jack Sutton, the driver of the cab behind,
Cox still holding the wheel he would find.

A case of beer sat on the track,
18 of 24 would remain intact.
A coat and a comic book on the back seat,
But severed in pieces were hands and feet.

At 6:45, after a movie on Saturday eve,
The town's people and relatives, they would grieve.
Lights and gates and automatic signals are just not free,
I'm glad to see the underpass on Centre Street in Napanee.

Deborah Lewis

This poem is obviously about Napanee, apparently an event that happened in like the 20's. Mom is looking to sell her poem book so I thought I should put up a sample.

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