Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mr. Sumner” in chapter 8, page 137 of Elias Nason, The Life and Times of Charles Sumner: His Boyhood, Education and Public Career.:
...ight, it was driven past Rockaway, and, early the next morning, struck upon the sand, and soon went to pieces in full sight of the people on the shore.
In attempting to reach the land upon a plank, Mr. Sumner was lost; while the Ossoli family, remaining in the vessel, shared the same melancholy fate.
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