[Tealeaf]

Hmm...the 'Italian' bit is interesting. I can't see many I-ties hanging around turn-of-the-century Accy. As far as I'm aware, there were no Pizza takeaway's around at the time & the nearest to a nice bottle of Chianti would have been half of best mild. Even waiting for the sun to emerge from behind the rain clouds would have been a waste of time, because if it did no one could see it because of the mill chimney smoke. No wonder he went west.

I suspect the dark 'Italian' may instead have been a local coal miner; they did not have pit top showers in those days.