A painful sensation was caused in Rushden on Wednesday morning by the news of the death, while at work, of a young man named George Fields, son of Mr Thos. Fields, of West-street. The deceased, who was in his 21st year, worked for Messrs Spencer and Twelvetree, of Duck-street, as a laster, and when he went to work on Wednesday was apparently in good health. During the morning Mr John Spencer had a talk with him and the deceased, mentioning his approaching marriage, expressed a confident hope that he and his future wife would have a happy life together. He also said he had bought some furniture. Not half-an-hour afterwards, the poor young fellow was a corpse. He was at work, lasting up a shoe when, without the slightest warning he fell to the ground and died instantaneously, giving no sign of life at all after falling. Medical assistance was once sought, and, as Dr Baker’s surgery is close at hand, was forthcoming in less than two minutes, but the deceased was beyond the reach of medical skill. The father, mother, and sisters of the young man were at once sent for, and their grief was heart-rending to witness. The sisters were at work in Mr Fred Knight’s factory, and the news came as such a shock that they rushed out of the factory screaming, causing a pitiful scene.

P.C. Gotch was informed of the death and he immediately had the body of the young man removed to his home in West-street on the ambulance stretcher. As may be well understood, the terribly sudden event greatly shocked some of the deceased’s mates and several were almost unnerved for a time. The coroner was communicated with as to an inquest being held but it was not thought necessary, the deceased having been attended for heart disease. Much sympathy is felt for the sorrowing relatives, who are well-known and respected.