Above, the Charles W. Daws barn after the March 23, 1913 tornado. Roy Daws was in the barn when it was destroyed. Below, Center School No. 5 was also destroyed by the tornado. Additional details about the tornado
destruction at the Daws farm and to
Center School is documented in the 1915
Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa. The path of the storm is easy to track using the
1911 Atlas Plat Map of Center Township. The Daws farm was located in Section 21 and Center School No. 5 in the southwest corner of Section 15.
