a moderate tropical storm formed in the caribbean sea south of jamaica on october 4 and passed to the west of both jamaica and the cayman islands before striking the isla de la juventud and cuba on october 6. the next day it passed across southern florida before travelling northeastward off the east coast of the united states and then decaying in the open atlantic on october 8. some vessels were driven ashore on the coast of cuba and two people drowned in flooding on the island.