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7 . Fetters v. Des Moines , 260 Iowa 490, 149 NW (2d) 815 . ( 1967) . A 4 year old boy went to the city playground to entertain himself on the merry-go-round . The center cover plate was missing, and as a result the center iron pivot post , which came in contact with the top of the side shield plate whenever the merry-go-round happened to tilt was exposed . The boy placed his right index finger in the open area and as the merry-go-round tilted , the finger was badly mangled . At the hospital the finger was amputated . 8 . Brady v. Buffalo 344 AppDiv (2d) 878 312 NYS (2d) 447 ( 1970) . The city constructed a slide in the public playground for use in the winter months by persons with sleds and tobaggons . A 6 year old was injured when he was struck from behind by another sled . Plaintiff alleged inadequate supervision . 9. Nemet v. Kenosha 169 Wis 379 , 172 NW 711 ( 1919) . An intake pipe raching several hundred feet into Lake Michigan had been laid across the bathing beach . Next to the shore for a dis- tance of 25-30 feet, the trench had been filled in and it appeared that by action of the waves, it was also closed for a distance into the lake . However about 100-125 feet out, the trench had not been filled in and there was a hole 12-15 feet deep. At the point where the trench began) the water was 3-4 feet deep. Death of a twenty-three year old man was alleged to have been caused by the unguarded hole in relatively shallow water inasmuch as he could not swim. 10. Griffin v Salt Lake City 114 Utah 94 176 P (2d) 156 ( 1947) . On a very warm day the guard stepped outside to get another guard to relieve him . In the brief interval a girl and two boys worked their way up from the shallow end to the deep end along the hand- rail . The girl said to her companions "Let ' s see how deep it is . " She released her hold on the handrail (none could swim) and when she came up she was near the diving board. She went under twice more and did not come up the last time, just as the relief guard appeared . By the time the guard reached her it was too late . 11 . Doran v. Kansas City, 237 SW (2d) 907 ( 1951) . A creek flowed through a park. Children customarily played in the creek bed which was smooth except at one end where there was a deep hole caused by heavy rains . The creek bed was unguarded and unposted. The bicycles of two boys slipped into the water at the end with the hole . The younger, 7 years old, tried to get the bike and his older brother, nine, then attempted to help him. Both drowned. 12 . Longo v. _ Board of Education of New York City. 255 NYS 71c' ( 1932) . A teacher failed to lock the gym doors in the school . A movable basketball backstop constructed so that it could be bolted to the floor, but wasn ' t, toppled over onto a young boy and killed him. 111