DRUM-MAJOR COLLAPSES

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 222, 18 April 1933, Page 6

DRUM-MAJOR COLLAPSES

I Distressing Accident at Band Contest. i Press Association. —Copyright. ! Hamilton. April If,.—A distressing I incident occurred at the Ilainj ilioiL band contest to-day. when the drum major of the Hamilton 'Municipal Band. Mr. G. P. Mcintosh. I collapsed while his band was playing in i the B grade quickstep competition. ! Three days ago Mr. Mcintosh, who is j about 55 'years of age. accidentally re- ' ccived a severe blow on the head. The i effect of this injury was apparently j accentuated by the fact that during the | war he received concussion. When he > fainted he was still suffering from the ! effects of the blow.

j Before he collapsed Mr. Mcintosh had j led his band twice past the spectators' stand and round the field to a position I adjoining the judge's tent. He had just, ! brought the band to a halt when he fell |to the ground. Several members of the j St. John Ambulance Brigade ran to his j assistance, while the band continued to play - Owing to the fact that the rules of j the competition did not allow the judge to be approached during the contest, the I band was obliged to play to the end of the piece. The playing continued for | about five minutes, while Mr. Mcintosh | lay on the ground with the ambulance j men beside him. | When he regained consciousness Mr. j Mcintosh said that for several days he had been afraid that the strain of leadI mg the band would be too much for j him. For the last hundred yards of the march everything had seemed black. After several hours Mr. Mcintosh recov- ! ered.,and felt little the worse for his exI perience.