a tropical storm formed in the open atlantic near 19°n 47°w on september 16, before developing into a category 2 hurricane on september 20. this hurricane never made landfall but did pass within 100 km of bermuda on the night of september 21. a ship was reported wrecked on the coast of the island that night. the hurricane became an extratropical storm on september 26 in the mid-atlantic off nova scotia.