It resulted in heavy damage due to the high winds and produced record low pressure readings.
[1] The lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading, 955.0 mb (28.20 inHg), for a non-tropical system in the continental United States (CONUS) was recorded during this storm at Canton, New York.
He also said "the storm had been caused by several small depressions ... combining and forming a cyclone.
[8] The Lillian, one of several open coal barges being towed by the tug Eli B. Conine in the North River, sunk near Battery Park in Manhattan.
[1][9] Newport News and Norfolk, Virginia were without communications as the telephone and telegraph lines were down.