Wing Chung Mah
Role: Miner
Year of birth: 1865
Date of death: 15 Feb 1901
Cause of death: 1901 disaster
Age at death: 36
Wing Chung Mah was a Chinese miner who died in the 1901 disaster at No. 6 mine, on February 15th, 1901. The initial explosion caused a fire and subsequent explosion, and the mine had to be flooded to put out the rampant flames. 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.