[2]: 20  A compilation of historical tropical cyclone tracks published by the National Climatic Data Center in 1993 listed the storm as having begun south of Cabo Verde on September 5.

[c] The database depicts the storm tracking west with its wind speeds increasing incrementally, reaching hurricane-force over the central Atlantic on September 6.

[1]: 392–393 Observations from Martinique and Trinidad on the morning of September 10 tentatively indicated the presence of a tropical disturbance southeast of the Windward Islands, and falling pressures in Barbados later that day provided conclusive evidence of an approaching storm.

[8]: 25  An analysis of the storm presented to the Royal Meteorological Society (RMS) in December 1898 determined that the centre of the hurricane passed 18 mi (29 km) south of the island.

[8]: 28  HMS Alert encountered the storm while evacuating from Barbados on September 10, recording a minimum barometric pressure of 1002.4 mbar (hPa; 29.60 inHg) at 9:00 p.m. while the hurricane's centre was some 25 mi (40 km) to the northeast.

[1]: 392  The calm eye of the storm traversed southern St. Vincent, passing directly over Kingstown at around local noon.

[2]: 21 After moving west past the Lesser Antilles, the hurricane curved northwest towards Aves Island with a forward speed of around 7.5 mi (12.1 km).

[8]: 28  The Weather Bureau noted that "after September 11 [the] storm lost strength rapidly, and there is no evidence at hand to show that during its subsequent northwesterly course over the eastern Caribbean Sea and the ocean to the northward it exhibited destructive violence.

[2]: 19  The centre of the storm likely passed near Sombrero Island on September 13, where a minimum air pressure of 998 mbar (29.48 inHg) was measured.

On September 17, the storm reached the 30th parallel north and began accelerating to the northeast at an average forward speed of around 24 mph (39 km/h).

[8]: 28  However, the Atlantic hurricane database depicts the storm completing extratropical transition by September 20 and taking a track across Newfoundland before dissipating in the Labrador Sea later that day.

[1]: 392  More inclement weather began to prevail in Barbados ahead of the hurricane on September 6, continuing for several days with showers and thunderstorms.

[d] The existence of an approaching hurricane remained inconclusive until September 10, when observations suggested a tropical cyclone was present southeast of Barbados, and the air pressure began to fall rapidly.

[1]: 394  However, McDonough wrote that the many locals "pooh-poohed the information given out," believing that the island was "immune" from hurricanes due to the long period of time elapsed since the last destructive storm.

Weather Bureau,[1]: 391  though a report published in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society documented 115 fatalities on the island.

[1]: 391  Impacts from the hurricane were experienced throughout Barbados, though the most severe effects occurred along the eastern and southern areas of the island.

[1]: 393  Five ships were driven out to sea with their anchors dragged along the seafloor, losing all sail and drifting broadside for a distance of roughly 105 mi (169 km) over the course of 15 hours before beaching near Georgetown, St.

The Campania, Elmo, Ocean Traveller, and many lighters were beached on reefs near Bridgeport and deemed total losses.

[8]: 29  By 3 p.m. on September 10, falling air pressures on St. Vincent began to indicate that a hurricane was imminent, prompting warnings of the approaching storm.

[1]: 393  Heavy rain from the hurricane produced floods that cascaded down mountainsides, razing entire villages and estates.

A landslide triggered by heavy rain in St. Lucia engulfed homes within a 3 mi (4.8 km) stretch of a valley.

Spanish ships delayed their departures from San Juan, Puerto Rico, upon receiving notice of the storm.

[1]: 394 Within the Lesser Antilles outside of Barbados, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent, impacts were comparatively minor and limited to roiled seas and heavy rain.

On September 19, the ship Osorno possibly encountered the storm en route from Bordeaux to New York, experiencing 24 hours of gale-force winds.