Yee Hoy
Role: Miner
Year of birth: 1846
Date of death: 15 Feb 1901
Cause of death: 1901 disaster
Age at death: 55
Yee Hoy was Chinese miner who worked at the No. 6 mine. On February 15th, 1901 disaster struck the mine when two explosions and a fire killed the entire shift, including Yee Hoy. 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.