title: Santa Monica Pier: A Century on the Last of the Pleasure Pier
author:  James Harris 
description: James Harris is the Deputy Director of the Santa Monica Pier Corporation, as well as that landmark attraction's official historian.
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  # The Tragedy of the Chain Pier
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Charlotte M. Braeme
  
  
  This page formatted 2004 Munsey's.
  
  
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  CHAPTER I.
  
  
  CHAPTER II.
  
  
  CHAPTER III.
  
  
  CHAPTER IV.
  
  
  CHAPTER V.
  
  
  CHAPTER VI.
  
  
  CHAPTER VII.
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII.
  
  
  CHAPTER IX.
  
  
  CHAPTER X.
  
  
  CHAPTER XI.
  
  
  CHAPTER XII.
  
  
  
  
  
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      The Tragedy of the Chain Pier
  
  
  Everyday Life Library No. 3
  
  
  
  
      
  
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  EVERYDAY LIFE LIBRARY No. 3 Published by EVERYDAY LIFE, Chicago
  
  
  
  
  
  THE TRAGEDY OF THE CHAIN PIER
  
  
  By CHARLOTTE M. BRAEME
  
  
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  ### CHAPTER I.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  Most visitors to Brighton prefer the new pier; it is altogether a
  
  
  more magnificent affair. It is in the fashionable town, for fashion
  
  
  will go westward; it is larger, more commodious, more frequented. Go to
  
  
  the West Pier when you will, there is always something to see;
  
  
  beautiful women, pretty girls, fa