THE LOST LOCH LOMOND.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13820, 28 November 1908, Page 5

THE LOST LOCH LOMOND.

MORE WRECKAGE FOUND. '. THE NAME BOARD. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Nov. 27. The s.s. Apanui, which arrived at Auckland to-day, brought tne name board of the missing barque Loch Lomond. The wreckage was picke<|' up at Ranganui Bay, 29 miles south-east of North Cape. The word "Loch" is missing, but "Lomond" appears on the board, which is ten feet in length. The Scotch thistle is also painted -on the board. There is no doubt that the wreckage belongs to the Loch' Lomond. A bucket, bearing the letters "O-C-H," was also seen between Cape Maria and Scott's Point on the West Coast. The first wreckage was found about 30 miles south of Cape Maria on the West Coast on October 17. - The finder subsequently found a ship's door with a hole cut in the centre, and a compass lashed in with a fishing line. Some deck-house panels are also stated to be ashore near Hukatere on the Ninetymile Beach. A door, which might be a companion-way door, is also said to have been found in the direction o* Cape Reinga.