 A ship observed a tropical storm north of Panama on November 7 . The storm strengthened and headed northeastward across the central Caribbean Sea . It curved northward on November 8 , around the time of peaking with winds of 65 mph ( 100 km / h ) . Later that day , the storm made landfall in Saint Thomas Parish , Jamaica at the same intensity . Thereafter , the system weakened and struck extreme western Santiago de Cuba Province , Cuba with winds of 50 mph ( 85 km / h ) on November 9 . It continued to weaken while crossing the island and emerged into the southwestern Atlantic Ocean later that day . The storm curved northeastward and passed through the Bahamas on November 10 . It then weakened to a tropical depression , several hours before dissipating about 385 miles ( 620 km ) southeast of Bermuda . 
