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Krakatoa, 1883: the eruption the whole world read about

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One hundred and twenty newspaper reports, in the order the news travelled.

120 sources

# Source Type Website Date In video Link
1 Tidal wave reaches the coast — Batavia Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad Reprinted from a telegraph despatch; times are local. Article delpher.nl 0:30
2 Loud reports heard like cannon fire — Bombay Times of India Archive archive.org
3 Royal Society committee appointed — New York New York Herald Archive loc.gov
4 Fire engines called to a 'fire' that was the sky — New York New York Herald Article loc.gov
5 Royal Society committee appointed — London The Times Archive thetimes.co.uk 1:06
6 Loud reports heard like cannon fire — Paris Le Figaro Archive gallica.bnf.fr
7 Telegraph lines to Anjer cut — New York New York Herald Article loc.gov
8 Ash falls on ships in the Sunda Strait — Bombay Times of India Reprinted from a telegraph despatch; times are local. Archive archive.org
9 Ash falls on ships in the Sunda Strait — Paris Le Figaro Archive gallica.bnf.fr 1:42
10 Loud reports heard like cannon fire — Bombay Times of India Article archive.org
11 Barometer readings jump twice — New York New York Herald Archive loc.gov
12 Death toll estimates revised — London The Times Archive thetimes.co.uk
13 Loud reports heard like cannon fire — Bombay Times of India Article archive.org 2:18
14 Loud reports heard like cannon fire — Paris Le Figaro Archive gallica.bnf.fr
15 Red sunsets alarm the public — Sydney Sydney Morning Herald Reprinted from a telegraph despatch; times are local. Archive trove.nla.gov.au
16 Tidal wave reaches the coast — Bombay Times of India Article archive.org
17 Death toll estimates revised — New York New York Herald Archive loc.gov 2:54
18 Royal Society committee appointed — Singapore The Straits Times Archive eresources.nlb.gov.sg
19 Ash falls on ships in the Sunda Strait — Sydney Sydney Morning Herald Article trove.nla.gov.au
20 Fire engines called to a 'fire' that was the sky — Paris Le Figaro Archive gallica.bnf.fr
21 Royal Society committee appointed — New York New York Herald Archive loc.gov 3:30
22 Death toll estimates revised — New York New York Herald Reprinted from a telegraph despatch; times are local. Article loc.gov
23 Death toll estimates revised — London The Times Archive thetimes.co.uk
24 Pumice rafts sighted at sea — Paris Le Figaro Archive gallica.bnf.fr
25 Fire engines called to a 'fire' that was the sky — Bombay Times of India Article archive.org 4:06
26 Death toll estimates revised — Dunedin Otago Daily Times Archive paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
27 Fire engines called to a 'fire' that was the sky — Dunedin Otago Daily Times Archive paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
28 Barometer readings jump twice — Singapore The Straits Times Article eresources.nlb.gov.sg
29 Barometer readings jump twice — Sydney Sydney Morning Herald Reprinted from a telegraph despatch; times are local. Archive trove.nla.gov.au 4:42
30 Death toll estimates revised — New York New York Herald Archive loc.gov
31 Royal Society committee appointed — Singapore The Straits Times Article eresources.nlb.gov.sg
32 Fire engines called to a 'fire' that was the sky — Dunedin Otago Daily Times Archive paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
33 Red sunsets alarm the public — Dunedin Otago Daily Times Archive paperspast.natlib.govt.nz 5:18
34 Ash falls on ships in the Sunda Strait — New York New York Herald Article loc.gov
35 Tidal wave reaches the coast — Bombay Times of India Archive archive.org
36 Tidal wave reaches the coast — Batavia Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad Reprinted from a telegraph despatch; times are local. Archive delpher.nl
37 Telegraph lines to Anjer cut — Dunedin Otago Daily Times Article paperspast.natlib.govt.nz 5:54
38 Ash falls on ships in the Sunda Strait — London The Times Archive thetimes.co.uk
39 Fire engines called to a 'fire' that was the sky — Batavia Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad Archive delpher.nl
40 Death toll estimates revised — Batavia Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad Article delpher.nl
41 Death toll estimates revised — Dunedin Otago Daily Times Archive paperspast.natlib.govt.nz 6:30
42 Ash falls on ships in the Sunda Strait — Dunedin Otago Daily Times Archive paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
43 Red sunsets alarm the public — New York New York Herald Reprinted from a telegraph despatch; times are local. Article loc.gov
44 Ash falls on ships in the Sunda Strait — Dunedin Otago Daily Times Archive paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
45 Red sunsets alarm the public — London The Times Archive thetimes.co.uk 7:06
46 Red sunsets alarm the public — Dunedin Otago Daily Times Article paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
47 Fire engines called to a 'fire' that was the sky — Bombay Times of India Archive archive.org
48 Pumice rafts sighted at sea — London The Times Archive thetimes.co.uk
49 Tidal wave reaches the coast — Batavia Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad Article delpher.nl 7:42
50 Pumice rafts sighted at sea — New York New York Herald Reprinted from a telegraph despatch; times are local. Archive loc.gov
51 Barometer readings jump twice — London The Times Archive thetimes.co.uk
52 Tidal wave reaches the coast — Singapore The Straits Times Article eresources.nlb.gov.sg
53 Telegraph lines to Anjer cut — Paris Le Figaro Archive gallica.bnf.fr 8:18
54 Pumice rafts sighted at sea — Bombay Times of India Archive archive.org
55 Tidal wave reaches the coast — New York New York Herald Article loc.gov
56 Telegraph lines to Anjer cut — Dunedin Otago Daily Times Archive paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
57 Tidal wave reaches the coast — Singapore The Straits Times Reprinted from a telegraph despatch; times are local. Archive eresources.nlb.gov.sg 8:54
58 Royal Society committee appointed — Bombay Times of India Article archive.org
59 Telegraph lines to Anjer cut — Singapore The Straits Times Archive eresources.nlb.gov.sg
60 Telegraph lines to Anjer cut — Batavia Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad Archive delpher.nl
61 Tidal wave reaches the coast — Paris Le Figaro Article gallica.bnf.fr 9:30
62 Tidal wave reaches the coast — New York New York Herald Archive loc.gov
63 Barometer readings jump twice — Sydney Sydney Morning Herald Archive trove.nla.gov.au
64 Loud reports heard like cannon fire — Paris Le Figaro Reprinted from a telegraph despatch; times are local. Article gallica.bnf.fr
65 Death toll estimates revised — Dunedin Otago Daily Times Archive paperspast.natlib.govt.nz 10:06
66 Red sunsets alarm the public — Sydney Sydney Morning Herald Archive trove.nla.gov.au
67 Loud reports heard like cannon fire — Singapore The Straits Times Article eresources.nlb.gov.sg
68 Telegraph lines to Anjer cut — Sydney Sydney Morning Herald Archive trove.nla.gov.au
69 Death toll estimates revised — Batavia Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad Archive delpher.nl 10:42
70 Tidal wave reaches the coast — Batavia Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad Article delpher.nl
71 Pumice rafts sighted at sea — London The Times Reprinted from a telegraph despatch; times are local. Archive thetimes.co.uk
72 Telegraph lines to Anjer cut — Bombay Times of India Archive archive.org
73 Telegraph lines to Anjer cut — Bombay Times of India Article archive.org 11:18
74 Pumice rafts sighted at sea — New York New York Herald Archive loc.gov
75 Loud reports heard like cannon fire — Bombay Times of India Archive archive.org
76 Ash falls on ships in the Sunda Strait — Paris Le Figaro Article gallica.bnf.fr
77 Pumice rafts sighted at sea — Paris Le Figaro Archive gallica.bnf.fr 11:54
78 Ash falls on ships in the Sunda Strait — Sydney Sydney Morning Herald Reprinted from a telegraph despatch; times are local. Archive trove.nla.gov.au
79 Death toll estimates revised — Batavia Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad Article delpher.nl
80 Ash falls on ships in the Sunda Strait — London The Times Archive thetimes.co.uk
81 Death toll estimates revised — London The Times Archive thetimes.co.uk 12:30
82 Royal Society committee appointed — Sydney Sydney Morning Herald Article trove.nla.gov.au
83 Fire engines called to a 'fire' that was the sky — New York New York Herald Archive loc.gov
84 Ash falls on ships in the Sunda Strait — London The Times Archive thetimes.co.uk
85 Death toll estimates revised — Paris Le Figaro Reprinted from a telegraph despatch; times are local. Article gallica.bnf.fr 13:06
86 Tidal wave reaches the coast — Bombay Times of India Archive archive.org
87 Fire engines called to a 'fire' that was the sky — Singapore The Straits Times Archive eresources.nlb.gov.sg
88 Pumice rafts sighted at sea — Batavia Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad Article delpher.nl
89 Ash falls on ships in the Sunda Strait — New York New York Herald Archive loc.gov 13:42
90 Pumice rafts sighted at sea — Dunedin Otago Daily Times Archive paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
91 Pumice rafts sighted at sea — Dunedin Otago Daily Times Article paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
92 Ash falls on ships in the Sunda Strait — Singapore The Straits Times Reprinted from a telegraph despatch; times are local. Archive eresources.nlb.gov.sg
93 Ash falls on ships in the Sunda Strait — Sydney Sydney Morning Herald Archive trove.nla.gov.au 14:18
94 Red sunsets alarm the public — Batavia Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad Article delpher.nl
95 Tidal wave reaches the coast — Dunedin Otago Daily Times Archive paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
96 Barometer readings jump twice — London The Times Archive thetimes.co.uk
97 Tidal wave reaches the coast — Batavia Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad Article delpher.nl 14:54
98 Royal Society committee appointed — London The Times Archive thetimes.co.uk
99 Ash falls on ships in the Sunda Strait — Singapore The Straits Times Reprinted from a telegraph despatch; times are local. Archive eresources.nlb.gov.sg
100 Royal Society committee appointed — Singapore The Straits Times Article eresources.nlb.gov.sg
101 Tidal wave reaches the coast — Batavia Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad Archive delpher.nl 15:30
102 Barometer readings jump twice — Batavia Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad Archive delpher.nl
103 Barometer readings jump twice — Batavia Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad Article delpher.nl
104 Barometer readings jump twice — Paris Le Figaro Archive gallica.bnf.fr
105 Barometer readings jump twice — Bombay Times of India Archive archive.org 16:06
106 Royal Society committee appointed — Paris Le Figaro Reprinted from a telegraph despatch; times are local. Article gallica.bnf.fr
107 Fire engines called to a 'fire' that was the sky — Dunedin Otago Daily Times Archive paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
108 Loud reports heard like cannon fire — London The Times Archive thetimes.co.uk
109 Pumice rafts sighted at sea — Singapore The Straits Times Article eresources.nlb.gov.sg 16:42
110 Barometer readings jump twice — Singapore The Straits Times Archive eresources.nlb.gov.sg
111 Pumice rafts sighted at sea — Batavia Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad Archive delpher.nl
112 Fire engines called to a 'fire' that was the sky — Batavia Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad Article delpher.nl
113 Barometer readings jump twice — New York New York Herald Reprinted from a telegraph despatch; times are local. Archive loc.gov 17:18
114 Barometer readings jump twice — New York New York Herald Archive loc.gov
115 Barometer readings jump twice — Dunedin Otago Daily Times Article paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
116 Barometer readings jump twice — Batavia Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad Archive delpher.nl
117 Death toll estimates revised — Dunedin Otago Daily Times Archive paperspast.natlib.govt.nz 17:54
118 Pumice rafts sighted at sea — London The Times Article thetimes.co.uk
119 Ash falls on ships in the Sunda Strait — Batavia Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad Archive delpher.nl
120 Telegraph lines to Anjer cut — New York New York Herald Reprinted from a telegraph despatch; times are local. Archive loc.gov