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Thomas Sprague 1860 - 1894

Thomas Sprague was born in 1860 in Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia to John Sprague and Jane (Williams) Sprague, and had siblings John Sprague, George Sprague, and Elijah Sprague. Thomas Sprague died at age 33 years old on August 11, 1894 in Ballarat, and was buried at Ballarat Old Cemetery 904 Macarthur St, in Ballarat Central.

Thomas Sprague

1860

Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC, Australia

August 11, 1894

Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC, Australia

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Thomas Sprague's History: 1860 - 1894

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The Age, Melbourne. 3rd January 1889. FALL OF EARTH IN A MINE. BALLARAT, Wednesday. A young man named Thomas Sprague, aged 28 years, a resident of Ford-street, met with a painful accident this morning while at work in the mine of the Brittannia United Company, Ballarat East. He was at work in the face when about 6 cwt. of earth broke away and entombed him. A number of workmen dug Sprague out without much delay, when it was found that his back was injured. He was conveyed to hospital, where the surgeons pronounced the case to be very serious, and held out no hope of recovery. Sprague was the sole support of his mother and the younger members of her family.
1860

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1860

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Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia

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1894

Death

August 11, 1894

Death date

Unknown
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Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia
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Ballarat Old Cemetery 904 Macarthur St, in Ballarat Central, City of Ballarat County, VIC 3350, Australia
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Obituary

The Ballarat Star. 13th August 1894. Many will regret to learn of the death of Mr. Thomas Sprague, of Ford street, Ballarat East, Deceased who was 34 years of age, met with an accident nearly six years ago while working in a tribute party in the Britannia United mine, his spine being fractured. Paralysis supervened, and Death occurred on Saturday. The deceased, who was highly respected, was a brother of Mr. E. Sprague, operator in the Telegraph office at Ballarat West. He was unmarried .

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Thomas Sprague lived 40 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 34.

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In 1860, in the year that Thomas Sprague was born, on December 20th, South Carolina seceded from the United States - the first state to do so. At the time, there were about 4 million people enslaved in the American South.

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In 1874, when he was merely 14 years old, on May 20th, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis were approved for a patent for "blue jeans with copper rivets". They charged $13.50 per dozen jeans. Although the term "jeans" was first used in 1795 - in Italy - using rivets to reinforce stress points in jeans such as pockets and the bottom of the fly was an original idea..

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