Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can explore the topic of the "Krakatoa volcano eruption" further using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Krakatoa, Java, red, sunset, tidal wave, waves, earthquake, destroyed, Sumatra, Sunda Strait, green sun, volcano
Be aware that the volcano name is sometimes spelled as Krakatoa, Krakatau or Krakatowa.
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for particular event in order to narrow your results. To narrow your results for this topic, search between August – December 1883.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Volcanic Eruption at Sea"
The News and Herald (Winnsboro, SC), August 23, 1883, Page 1, Image 1, col. 6.
"JAVA BADLY SHAKEN UP"
The Sun (New York, NY), August 28, 1883, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"A TERRIBLE CALAMITY"
The Breckenridge News (Cloverport, KY), August 29, 1883, Page 4, Image 4, col. 2.
"FIRES OF INFERNO. STIRRED BY THE DEMONS OF DEATH."
The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (Wheeling, WV), August 30, 1883, Page 1, Image 1, col. 6-7.
"A TIDAL WAVE."
Las Vegas Daily Gazette (Las Vegas, NM), August 30, 1883, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"SIXTY THOUSAND LOST."
The Daily Gazette (Wilmington, DE), August 31, 1883, Page 1, Image 1, col. 6.
"THE VOLCANO. The Awful Wreck in Java"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), August 31, 1883, Page 6, Image 6, col. 5.
"APPALLING SCENES"
Daily Evening Bulletin (Maysville, KY), August 31, 1883, Page 1, Image 1, col. 2.
"The Java Horror"
Daily Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA), September 5, 1883, Page 1, Image 1, col. 2.
"Great Loss of Life and Property on the Island of Java"
The Vancouver Independent (Vancouver, WA), September 13, 1883, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3-4.
"LATEST FOREIGN NEWS"
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser (Honolulu, HI), September 29, 1883, Page 1, Image 1, col. 4-5.
"JAVA'S CANOPY OF FIRE"
The Vancouver Independent (Vancouver, WA), October 4, 1883, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"The Green Sun"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), November 15, 1883, Page 5, Image 5, col. 2.
"THE FIRES OF SUNSET"
The Morristown Gazette (Morristown, TN), December 12, 1883, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3-4.
"A TERRIBLE PROPHECY"
Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake, UT), December 19, 1883, Page 6, Image 6, col. 3.
"A SAPPHIRE MOON"
Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, TN), December 21, 1883, Page 2, Image 2, col. 6.
"Sunsets of Fire"
The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA), December 28, 1883, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"ROSY SUNSETS. SEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD"
Lancaster Daily Intelligencer (Lancaster, PA), December 28, 1883, Page 1, Image 1, col. 4.
[No headline]
The Donaldsonville Chief (Donaldsonville, LA), April 5, 1884, Page 1, Image 1, col. 5.
"Changes on the Earth’s Surface"
The Livingston Enterprise (Livingston, MT), November 29, 1884, Page 4, Image 4, col. 1.
"The Earth’s Surface."
Griggs County Courier (Cooperstown, ND), April 17, 1885, Page 3, Image 3, col. 1.
"A GREAT ERUPTION. AN EXPLOSION HEARD THREE THOUSAND MILES"
The Lafayette Advertiser (Vermilionville, LA), January 12, 1889, Page 3, Image 3, col. 1.
"BISHOP RINGS ARE TO BE SEEN"
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser (Honolulu, HI), January 2, 1909, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"How Volcanoes Affect Our Weather"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), June 29, 1919. National Edition, American Weekly Section, Page 28, Image 28, col. 2..
"Beautiful Sunsets Due to Dust"
Jackson County Sentinel (Gainesboro, TN), November 17, 1921, Page 4, Image 4, col. 2.

Krakatoa Volcano Eruption: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America