Advance warning in the country prevented any storm-related fatalities, although four people suspected of looting were shot and killed during a curfew in Havana.

The former hurricane lashed the coast of Nova Scotia with high winds and rain, leaving about $1 million (1933 CAD) in damage.

The next day, observations from a station at Cabo Gracias a Dios and a ship indicated a tropical storm had developed off the eastern coast of Honduras.

Low atmospheric pressure suggested the system had winds of tropical storm force despite lack of direct observations.

Based on observations and interpolation of data, it is estimated the storm became a hurricane early on October 3 while passing west of Jamaica.

Beginning at 16:00 UTC that day, the capital, Havana, observed the passage of the eye, where a pressure of 28.81 inHg (976 mbar) was reported.

At 12:00 UTC that day the storm reached winds of 115 mph (185 km/h)—major hurricane status—as a ship peripherally recorded 28.53 inHg (966 mb).

[5] The storm prompted Cuban officials to declare a curfew for the capital in the midst of political upheaval following a coup.

"[6] However, the government ordered soldiers in Havana to shoot anyone suspected of looting, and four looters were killed during the storm's passage.

Offshore northern Cuba, two United States ships took shelter at the port in Matanzas due to rough seas.

[8] High tides flooded the Havana waterfront up to 3 ft (0.91 m) deep,[9] and several boats sank at the city's harbor.

[4] While moving offshore Atlantic Canada, the former hurricane produced gale-force winds, peaking at 52 mph (84 km/h) in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Outside Nova Scotia, the storm produced winds of 51 mph (82 km/h) in Shediac, New Brunswick, where high waves left coastal damage.

[16][nb 2] The German travel writer Richard Katz witnessed the hurricane while in Havana, and described the experience in his book "Loafing Around the Globe" ("Ein Bummel um Die Welt").