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[[Image:Bluenosecrew.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Train crew of the [[Flying Bluenose]] at the [[Yarmouth Station]] in 1916. W.W. Clarke is the conductor, front row, 2nd from right.]] | [[Image:Bluenosecrew.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Train crew of the [[Flying Bluenose]] at the [[Yarmouth Station]] in 1916. W.W. Clarke is the conductor, front row, 2nd from right.]] | ||
William Clarke was a conductor in the formative days of the DAR. He was in charge of early runs of the the [[Flying Bluenose]] and wrote a classic anecdotal history of the DAR about 1925 entitled [[Clarke's History of the Earliest Railways in Nova Scotia]]. | William Clarke was a conductor in the formative days of the DAR. He was in charge of early runs of the the [[Flying Bluenose]] and wrote a classic anecdotal history of the DAR about 1925 entitled [[Clarke's History of the Earliest Railways in Nova Scotia]]. | ||
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| + | Based on the [https://novascotiagenealogy.com/ItemView.aspx?ImageFile=126-613&Event=death&ID=212766 Death Certificate] of William Wylie Clarke from the Nova Scotia Genealogy. W.W. Clarke pasted away on the 6th of Janurary 1929 (four years after he publishing his book). The Death Certificated listed his occupation as Railway Conductor, and that he was burried in Hantsport on the 8th of January 1929. | ||
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[[Category: People|CLARKE]] | [[Category: People|CLARKE]] | ||
Revision as of 15:43, 6 April 2013
Train crew of the Flying Bluenose at the Yarmouth Station in 1916. W.W. Clarke is the conductor, front row, 2nd from right.
William Clarke was a conductor in the formative days of the DAR. He was in charge of early runs of the the Flying Bluenose and wrote a classic anecdotal history of the DAR about 1925 entitled Clarke's History of the Earliest Railways in Nova Scotia.
Based on the Death Certificate of William Wylie Clarke from the Nova Scotia Genealogy. W.W. Clarke pasted away on the 6th of Janurary 1929 (four years after he publishing his book). The Death Certificated listed his occupation as Railway Conductor, and that he was burried in Hantsport on the 8th of January 1929.
