 However, the majority of fishing vessels in Atlantic Canada in this period did not have radios, leaving the large fishing fleet on the offshore banks unaware of the approaching disaster.The system produced winds of on Bermuda as it passed very close to that island.About this time, five ocean liners near each other encountered the storm; some portholes on the "Orca" were damaged and 15 passengers were treated for cuts, bruises, and contusions.