The storm was first spotted when a captain from the boat Friends noticed a gale just near Grenada.
The next morning, waves crashed in the nearby sea.
[1]: 30–31 During the storm, roofs of most buildings swayed against the walls, eventually settling in the ground.
Trinidad was wholly destroyed, though ships in the Gulf of Paria escaped without damage.
According to the Bridgetown Press, Barbados was "laid waste", that no sign of plants was present.