How Jung Bow
Role: Miner
Date of death: 15 Jul 1903
Cause of death: 1903 disaster
How Jung Bow worked at the No. 6 mine as a miner. On July 15th, 1903, a gas explosion killed 14 Chinese workers, including How Jung Bow. The Chinese workers were blamed for the explosion, and the disaster received little public attention as none of the dead were white. The explosion likely was due to the use of non-safety lamps used by by many miners, not just the Chinese. The use of locked safety lamps was not universal in the mines at the time.