on August 19 and then to tropical depression intensity late that day. The cyclone dissipated around 00:00 UTC on August 20 over West Texas. Only light winds and rain were observed in the Lesser Antilles. The hurricane caused major damage in Jamaica. Strong winds downed telegraph and telephone wires, disrupting communications between the capital city of Kingston and other parishes. Heavy rainfall also caused three rivers to overflow their banks. Nearly all banana and sugar plantations on the island suffered at least some losses, while approximately 30–50 percent of cocoa crops experienced damage. Thousands of people were left homeless. Overall, the storm caused 17 deaths and around $10 million in damage in Jamaica. Along the south coast of Texas, many buildings were destroyed, especially in the Corpus Christi area. There, beachfront structures were demolished by a storm surge. High winds and heavy precipitation spread farther inland to mainly rural areas of South Texas, impacting towns and their outlying agricultural districts alike. Railroads and other public utilities were disrupted across the region, with widespread power outages. Heavy precipitation and high winds caused significant damage at military camps along the Mexico–United States border, forcing 30,000 garrisoned militiamen to evacuate. Property damage alone in Texas totaled around $1.8 million and 20 people were killed. Hurricane Seven Hurricane San Hipólito of 1916 A strong tropical storm was first observed just east of Guadeloupe early on August 21. The cyclone moved west-northwestward, striking or passing near the island and intensifying into a hurricane. Early the next day, the system strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane and peaked with maximum sustained winds of , based on a barometric pressure observation of in San Juan, Puerto. Shortly thereafter, the small diameter hurricane struck Puerto Rico and crossed the island from Naguabo to Aguada. Late on August 22, the hurricane made landfall near Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, with winds of . The cyclone quickly weakened to a tropical storm early the next day, several hours before re-emerging into the Atlantic near Port-de-Paix, Haiti. Continuing northwestward, the storm passed just west of the Bahamian islands, before making landfall near Cutler Bay, Florida, with winds of around 08:00 UTC on August 25. The cyclone turned northward over Florida and weakened to a tropical depression early on the following day, shortly before dissipating just offshore New Smyrna Beach. In Puerto Rico, the storm's swath of damage spanned about wide and extended