The Mayetta Herald Jackson County Thursday October 15, 1914 Struck By Lightning. Miss Mabel PHILLIPS, 20 years old, niece of E.H. NILES, who lives 12 miles west of Mayetta on the reservation, was struck by lightning twice during the terrific electrical storm Sunday evening. She and several others had been out riding and saw the storm approaching. They got to Niles' just as the storm struck. They were in the yard when a bolt of lightning struck near by knocking Miss Phillips down. A second bolt immediately followed striking a clump of willows within a few yards of the girl, knocking here down a second time. She was unconsious for three hours. One side of her face is burned black and she is still partly dazed.