By October 8, it had intensified into a tropical storm, and made landfall as a hurricane in Central America.

[8] It was recognized as a tropical storm early on October 8, with winds of 40 mph (65 km/h), while located in the southwestern Caribbean.

The system quickly weakened to a tropical storm as it traveled west-northwestward on October 11, later passing over the Gulf of Honduras.

As the hurricane began to turn northeastward, it continued to intensify, attaining Category 3 status by early October 17.

The hurricane passed over southern Florida on the morning of October 18 moving northeastward, and over the next few days turned north and slowed down to the east of South Carolina.

[1] The hurricane began to weaken as it was forced to curve south-southwestward,[10] striking Florida again as the result of a high-pressure area.

[1] The system eventually weakened to a tropical depression over Florida, and traced southwestward into the Gulf of Mexico.

[8] In western Nicaragua, widespread flooding damaged roads and disrupted the construction of a port in Corinto.

[8] Havana sustained major damage from the hurricane, with 50 houses destroyed,[13] and cable operators in Miami, Santiago, and Jamaica were unable to reach telegraph services in the city.

[17] The effects of the hurricane were most severe on the Florida East Coast Railway, where at least 135 people died,[1] 104 of them on Houseboat No.

[19] Many farmers on the Florida Keys suffered large losses; orange groves and fields of pineapples were devastated by the storm.

[20] Following the hurricane, all workers of the Florida East Coast Railway were provided with wooden barracks on land,[21][22] and several additional safety measures were enforced.

[23] The hurricane eventually led to the end of the commercial production of pineapples in the Florida Keys.

Following the seeding, the project was cancelled and numerous lawsuits were filed as the result of the sudden change of the path in the storm.