Talk:1887 Halloween tropical storm

Suggested new lede
The current lede seems to me way too long at 20% of the wordage of the main article. And only near the end does it state that the storm is ‘best known for the unusually high amount of shipwrecks’. I addressed both these points in a new shortened version on 31/7/16, that was immediately reverted by Juliancolton. Perhaps an unbiased reader might compare the two versions, and judge which one is better. Valetude (talk) 10:35, 1 August 2016 (UTC)