People killed By Krakatau

The official number is somewhere around 36,000 people who were killed by the Krakatau eruption. Almost all of these folks were killed by tsunami that washed nearby shorelines. Krakatau had been obviously restless for long enough before the big eruption that there was nobody around when it occurred, however, the folks living on nearby islands and coastlines - many of which couldn't even see Krakatau - didn't evacuate and were killed. There is now a section of VolcanoWorld that deals with the most destructive eruptions through history.