Tuna Thrills Near Hook Island Spark Aerial Fights
A great school of tuna leaped hundreds of feet above the Channel near Hook Island as boats from Townsville and Hayman Island tracked them. A 40 pound tuna leapt aboard the June, striking anglers and testing the crew during a dramatic encounter at sea.
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Ert
Block Islind
Hook Island
Hook and Hayman Islands
Townsville Way
Bert Hallam
Grassy Island
Hells
Hayman Island
Bert
Hayman
Night Shark Encounter at Hayman Island
A solo fisherman recalls a moonlit chase off Langford Island near Hayman, facing a massive shark while towing the Dawn dinghy. The creature torpedoed the dinghy, forcing a harrowing return toward the launch as the diver pondered risk and escape.
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Hayman
Langford Island
Possie
Shark hunt memory and daring tale at sea
Norman Caldwell recalls a near drowning encounter with a shark while battling a broken knife and line under a dark night. The crew, including Wynne and Mrs Bulcher, later chase sharks near the keel with lighted lines, capturing a whaler shark and continuing the hunt toward the northern island.
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E. Wracke
Hastings Deering Ltd
Sydney
Jin Wynne
Mr. Wynne
Beresfort
Bulcher
Zim
Wigtine
Australians recall Squires Burns fight 31 years ago
A lengthy reminiscence recalls Bill Squires loss to Tommy Burns in 1907, detailing cable reports from San Francisco and New York, Australian reaction, and backers led by John Wren. It notes Squires’s bravery, doubts over luck, and later assessments by Wren, O Sullivan, and critics, with impact on Australian boxing lore.
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Globe
Max Schmeling
Max
Joe Louis
Bill Squires
Tommy Burns
San Francisco
Australia
Sporting Australian
Bill
Melbourne
John Jen
Barney Reynolds
John Wren
Squires
Sydney
Brisbane
Newcastle
New York
Evens
Germany
Vaterland
Schmeling
U.S.A
W. F. Corbett
Hal
Wren
Barney
San Rafael
California
E. W. O'Sullivan
Works
Sunday Times
Tom Sayers
Nat Langham
Tom
Toi Sayers
America
Burns
Paddy King
Boshter
Bill Lang
Asco
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Dai. Gibbs
Hallam
Cannon Valley
David
Tesa
Norm
Dave Gibbs
Lineswheel
Tan
Streal
Oime
Leathers
Faery Meecee
Norman Caldwell
By. W. J. Ahearne
Celma
Qiouires
Outrids
J.J. Jeffries
R. Wren
Colma
Billy Jordan
Jim Jeffries
Hanlon
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