Keep Chong
Role: Tracklayer
Date of death: 15 Feb 1901
Cause of death: 1901 disaster
Keep Chong was working as a tracklayer at the No. 6 mine in 1901. He was killed on February 15th when disaster struck the mine, with the explosion and fire killing the entire shift. An age or year of birth was not recorded for Keep Chong. Unfortunately discrepancies in the recording of Chinese fatalities of the disaster have caused difficulties in identifying Chinese casualties, with names having been misspelled or mis-recorded.