W. W. COOK                  

The Topeka Daily Capital, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 1916

Died:  Nov. 6, 1916

DIES FROM FALL INTO A DITCH

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Aged Junction City Contractor Was

Civil War Veteran and Owned

Large Mining Interest.

Special to The Capital.

  Junction City, Kan., Nov. 6---W. W. Cook, 70 years old, a paving and railroad contractor of this state, died at his home here this morning as the results of injuries sustained in an accident at Concordia several weeks ago.  Mr. Cook was supervising one of his contracts there and fell into a deep ditch, receiving internal injuries.  He was a veteran of the Civil war and had large mining interests near Parral, Mexico.