Abstract: An improved ash removal apparatus for coal-dust firing equipment which includes a firebox and a scraper-chain type conveyor including a water trough which is disposed below the ash outlet of the equipment firebox. A protective hood is coupled to and is communicative with the firebox outlet, and in addition, is positioned over the conveyor trough and extends thereinto. A plurality of floatable members which are rotatable about their own longitudinal axes, are disposed within the hood and float on the surface of the water contained in the conveyor trough so as to catch ashes falling from the firebox outlet on the surfaces thereof.