Byline: John Stanley James; 1876-04-15; The Argus;
Report: John Stanley James - Undercover for the Melbourne Argus in the 1870s
Tags: Argus, Australia, Melbourne
Article Links"There is barely room to walk between the beds; stretching out my arm, I could easily place my hand on the forehead of the man in the next bed; in need, I was distrubed in th enight by a stroke on the cheek from the hand of my lef-hand neighbour, who lashed out wildly, killing mosquitoes in his dreams..."
Description:John Stanley James, writing as "Vagabond" spends a night in a lodging house for the down and out.
Rights: public domain