YERTERDAY Items from the files of The Frederick News-Post

54 Years Ago Thursday June 22, 1972

In Frederick County, more than 30 people were rescued by state police and fire and rescue companies. Many of the rescued were taken to Coblentz Hall at Hood College. The Monocacy River was expected to reach a crest of 30 feet by noon — double the normal.

The Potomac River is expected to reach a 22-foot crest at 7 a.m. Friday. The normal is 17 feet. Many major and secondary roads were reported closed.

Four persons found marooned on a “sinking” Potomac River island near Sandy Hook were rescued early this morning in a cooperative effort by the Brunswick Ambulance Rescue Company and the Friendship Fire Company of Harpers Ferry, W.Va. The men had been fishing when the storm came up, and by the time they were rescued, David Hamilton, one of those rescued, said they had about two more feet, and the island would have been covered with water.