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Date:	8th October 1844
Colliery:	Bowburn
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Cause:	Suffocated
Lives Lost:	2
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Another tragic loss of life occurred at Bowburn Pit on 8 October, when putters Matthew Felton, 16, and Joseph Cayton, 17, were suffocated. The two lads "had improperly removed a part of an old stopping which was placed to prevent persons going into that part of the pit, and had gone into an old working to see the lamp or furnace." Later, when they failed to turn up at the end of their shift, a search was made for them and they were found lying dead a few yards from the furnace. They appeared to have got lost after passing through the stopping and had been overpowered by the foul air.

Source:

Text kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle).

	Cayton, Joseph, aged 17, Putter, suffocated
	Felton, Matthew, aged 16, Putter, suffocated
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