Glasgow Courier. — 1861-08-22 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

OOO. A seaman. named James Parker, son-in-law of Mr S. Kelly, tailor and draper, West Holborn, South Shields, has been fatally stabbed in the streets of Boston, United States, by John Strong, a Swedish seaman, who is now in custody under the charge of wilful murder.  A fatal steam boiler explosion occurred on Saturday in a saw mill establishment at Newington, London. The explosion was one of immense force, blowing the roof and walls of the engine-house away. Unhappily, the man in attendance on the engine was killed, and his son, a little boy, who had just enter3d, was so horribly injured as also to expire shortly afterwards. Much damage besides was done.  On Monday a collier, named Allan Sym, while working in one of the Skerrington coal pits, belonging to Messrs A. Gilmour & Co., at Hurlford, near Kilmarnock, was unfortunately killed by a portion of the roof giving way and falling on him. We understand another collier was also much hurt in the Bonnieton Pit from a similar cause.  A melancholy accident, resulting fatally, took place in Brookhouse Mill, Blackburn, belonging to Mr W. H. Hornby, M. P., last week. While a half. timer, named James Corbet, aged 11 years, WRS engaged picking cotton from the floor of the card room, the chatting caught one end of his necktie, and pulled it so tightly round his throat as to strangle him instantly. Two minutes before his lifeless body was found he WU seen picking cotton as described.  On Saturday evening, as the seven o'clock train for Dundee was leaving Darnoustie, Mr John Mills, manufacturer, Dundee, who was rather late for the train, in attemping to jump from the platform on to a carriage, missed his hold and fell on the rails, when the wheels of the.carriage passed over one of his legs. It was found necessary to amputate his leg below the knee, but the unfortunate gentleman never rallied after the operation, and died in Carnonstie on Sunday afternoon at four o'clock.—Advertiser.  On Sunday a great deal of rain fell in the neighbourhood of Allem, and every little stream coming down the sides of the Ocbils was quickly swollen to a raging torrent. A valuable horse, the property of Sir Andrew Orr, which was grazing in a park near fiarviestown Castle, was carried away and drowned. An accident, which it is feared will terminate fatally, occurred on Saturday evening to a young man named John Beveridge, a plate layer, residing in Uateshead. He appears to have incautiously ventured on the line, while under the influence of liquor, and a train coming up he was knocked down, the engine passing over him, and severing both legs from his body. When found, he was holding up the stump of his right leg, and was only able to gasp out his name and place of abode. He lies at the infirmary in a.very precarious state..  The ;Ming man, Benjamin Betts, who made such a savage and extraordinary attempt to murder his father, at Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, whilst labouring under certain religions impressions, has been committed to take his trial at the next spring assizes, to be held at Lincoln. Singular to say, at the final hearing of the case, the chief witnesses, as well as the father, refused to give any evidence as to the mysterious affair. The prisoner wished to speak, but was stopped by his solicitor. On Saturday, John Warburton was tried for the murder of Ellen Garside, a married woman, with whom he had cohabited, and whose body was found in the canal, near Rochdale, at a place where, some days before, the prisoner had been rescued from the water on the evening the deceased was missed, proof also being led that he was the last person seen in her company. The jury held the evidence incomplete, however, and, in accordance with the charge of the judge, Mr Baron Martin, returned a verdict of acquittal.