 The Burys travelled north as second @-@ class passengers on the steamer Cambria . They arrived at Dundee on the evening of 20 January 1889 , and the following morning they rented a room above a bar at 43 Union Street . The Burys stayed for only eight days before they moved on 29 January to a squat at 113 Prince 's Street , a basement flat under a shop . William had obtained the key under false pretences by telling the letting agents that he was a viewer interested in renting the property . Meanwhile , Ellen found a job as a cleaner at a local mill , but she quit after a day . William continued to drink heavily , often with a decorator called David Walker , who was re @-@ painting the public house frequented by William . 
