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Clarke, William Wylie
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Train crew of the Flying Bluenose at the Yarmouth Station in 1916. W.W. Clarke is the conductor, front row, 2nd from left.
William Wylie Clarke (Aug. 23, 1865 - Jan. 6, 1929) 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.
Clarke pasted away on the 6th of Janurary 1929 (four years after he published his book)(1). The Death Certificated listed his occupation as Railway Conductor, and that he was buried in Hantsport on the 8th of January 1929.
